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Randal'Thor
post Mar 27 2009, 08:20 PM
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Thanks for the tips.

This worked brilliantly! All my pages load about 30-40% faster. Thanks again! happy.gif
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PoRco
post Mar 29 2009, 01:27 AM
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Aw man I remember posting this one a forum once ! Good Ol' forum days.

I'm beginign to like this forum. Tons and tons of tutorials.

Edit :

Seems like the nglayout.initialpaint.delay isn't in the new firefox version or is it just me?

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DragonMaster Jay
post May 6 2009, 03:19 PM
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QUOTE (Big Ant @ Dec 26 2007, 06:59 PM) *
You can also get the Fasterfox extension for performance and network tweaks from:
-->https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/se...ox&status=4

FasterFox now boggs down Firefox more than ever.


QUOTE (PoRco @ Mar 29 2009, 03:27 AM) *
Seems like the nglayout.initialpaint.delay isn't in the new firefox version or is it just me?

nglayout.initialpaint.delay tweak no longer works! It simply is not needed.
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post Aug 13 2009, 09:45 AM
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Thanks, seems faster
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Icedrake
post Aug 24 2009, 03:18 PM
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Thanks a lot for the tweaks! Now my FF faster than before, and now I think it's probably the fastest browser out there.
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rshaffer61
post Aug 25 2009, 09:30 AM
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I just did the addon from Mozilla and now my FF is zooming.
Thanks for the tip.
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Icedrake
post Sep 5 2009, 05:03 PM
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Here's some more tips on how to make Firefox faster: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.ph...mp;postcount=21
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Ryan S
post Sep 13 2009, 02:00 AM
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Cheers for the tip, at first it didn't work but I restarted my computer and wow the pages load alot faster. Thanks Kelvin thumbsup.gif
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AllanSpyware
post Oct 30 2009, 07:54 AM
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wow, thanks for the tips biggrin.gif it really works for me and i really need this stuff.. thanks again
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post Nov 7 2009, 02:07 PM
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Nevermind, I figured it out.

How do you change it from false to true?

QUOTE (Kelvin @ Nov 19 2007, 07:07 PM) *
Make Firefox Faster

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 any number around 5-12. This
means it will make X requests at once, depending on the number you put in.

NOTE: A recommended number is either 8 or 12.

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 broadband connection you'll load pages 2-3 times faster now.

IMPORTANT: Some small sites may block your connection because it DOES take up more bandwidth than usual. Take note.


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