Firefox Tweak

[Red Fox]

Found this while browsing around, thought it might come in handy for some.
This will speed people who use Firefox up: page loading makes a huge difference.

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 receives.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages much faster now!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

~ Fawks

 

[TheMajor]

Sounds like "synchronous DNS" in Opera.

 

[Red Fox]

Pretty much the same thing yep.

~ Fawks

 

[Simon]

yea it works nicely tho.......

Zimon

 

[crow0021]

tryed it, seems faster ... what do u guys put your number of requests to? i have mine at 16 now. higher will make it go faster??

 

[Sevoma]

Thanks, any speed on my crap computer helps!

crow0021: only if it uses more than 16 requests.

 

[waynejkruse10]

cool, firefox now seems to run much faster. Go firefox, the best browser ever!

 

[neversleeps]

doesnt work on mine, when i type that and push enter i get "the url is invalid and cannot be loaded" error

 

[Hugo82]

It makes quite a difference for me. Thanks

 

[lazerman]

I will try it when I get home .