cantlon
Joined: 23 Dec 2005
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 Posted: 12/23/05 - 06:00 Post subject: Speeding up Firefox |
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Hi, I am using Firefox browser, and my friend says it’s possible to make it work faster. I have a 512 kbps broadband, and it is a great improvement when you compare to dial-up. But, my “internet expert” friend says it can be even better when you change some things in Firefox browser. Is it true, and if it is, what do I have to do?
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orand
Joined: 23 Dec 2005
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Yes, there are some things you can do. I am not Firefox user (prefer Opera), but I found some useful tips about how to speed up Firefox when using broadband connection. This work in a way that browser will be enabled for multiple page requests instead of one at a time, and can make page loads much faster when using broadband. Here is a short description of what you are to do:
First 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
Then you need to enable pipelining ( make load several pages at once ) with following interventions :
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.
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 will wait before it acts upon information it receives.
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