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Make Firefox Faster

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Kelvin

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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.

Edited by Kelvin, 22 February 2008 - 02:12 AM.

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adrianakissi

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Wow! Thanks! It worked for me, it's much faster now! :)

Edited by adrianakissi, 25 December 2007 - 10:17 PM.

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Big Ant

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You can also get the Fasterfox extension for performance and network tweaks from:
-->https://addons.mozil...e...ox&status=4
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Wow, I am running a fast computer...
But these tweaks made it run atleast 30% faster on opening web pages.

Thanks a lot!
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THanks for the tips! Helped alot!
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superjones

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Thankz Kelvin!
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Ozzyb

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Amazing tip
i used the add in though.
Made my fav browser even faster thanks :)
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Wow! Thanks! It worked for me, it's much faster now! :)

Hey, I just joined today and checked out "Make Firefox Faster" and saw someone from my home town. Greetings from North Eastham, Cape Cod, Mass. I live up by Nauset Light Beach it is really cold today and getting colder. I hope this tip will speed up my FireFox, I love the add ons so much, now there are way too many and it is slow. I have been using "Flock' which is built on a FireFox platform and works great. Take Care Cape Codder! :)
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rambro

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This article you might be of some interest: http://www.computerw...mp;pageNumber=1
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l plater

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Hi there,

eager me , I made a mistake
so now I have an extra line saying

true with a value of true

how do I delete it out of there?
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RogerWD

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Hi;

I did the same thing and resolved it this way:

To reset a preference to its default value or to remove an added preference, context-click (right-click) on the preference and select Reset. If you added the entry via about:config, the preference will no longer be listed after restarting the program.

This is a quote from MozillaZine.

It works even if Reset is greyed- it did for me. Hope this helps.
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animosity

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thanks alot man
made a huge difference!
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Stinja

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cool! thanks alot! really helped :)
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axesever

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Well the only new thing out of that was the thing I had to add (the other two were True).

But I still love you <3

Helps a lot =D
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Cara Nicole

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Thanks, it's so much faster.
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