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how to make firefox even faster

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  1. nsxnick

    nsxnick Formula 3

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    got this from another site. works very well.

    1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll
    down and look for the following entries:

    network.http.pipelining
    network.http.proxy.pipelining
    network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

    Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time.
    When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really
    speeds up page loading.

    2. Alter the entries as follows:

    Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

    Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

    Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This
    means it will make 30 requests at once.

    3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.
    Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".
    This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on
    information it recieves.

    If you're using a brodband connection you'll load pages 2-30 times faster
    now.
     
  2. Webby

    Webby F1 Veteran

    Sep 12, 2004
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    Cool, seems to be a little faster, thanks for sharing. Another thing is this extension FasterFox:
    http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/
    it makes it a lot faster but it also seemed to screw up other programs that were running so I uninstalled it. You can always try it out, didn't seem to cause any permanent damage
     
  3. wax

    wax Five Time F1 World Champ
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    Thanks!
     
  4. darth550

    darth550 Six Time F1 World Champ
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    Hmmmmm, Noah warned me not to trust you....... :(
     
  5. darth550

    darth550 Six Time F1 World Champ
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    Thanks Nick! It's faster.
     

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