firefox speed boost (broadband)

[moonie]

there is one for dialup somewhere, just google for it

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: (by double clicking them)

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. (I changed mine to 100, works great.)

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

want more speed?
1. Type about:config into the URL bar & ENTER
2. In the filter bar, enter turbo
3. "browser.turbo.enabled" should appear. Double click to enable it.
4. Restart browser

[johns_ar]

had the first bit done a while ago but that turbo thing def works

nice one moonie

[brixtonite]

will check this out later

mozilla is much better than IE, less easy to highjack, nice integrated download manager, and much quicker (at least 30%)

will see how this turbo mode speeds up high content loads on me ADSL2 line

cheers

[nowthen]

Firefox is defo better than IE, but Opera is still the daddy!

[brixtonite]

amazing the amount of people that stick with IE just cos they can't be arsed to switch...

[moonie]

Originally Posted by brixtonite

amazing the amount of people that stick with IE just cos they can't be arsed to switch...

same can be said for windows too

[Jiglo]

It's different for Windows though because of software compatability

If you play games and want the best all round multimedia centre, then you're basically screwed with anything else

[Judderz]

Jesus. nice one Moonie, works well faster now...thanks

[Dj Ben Fisher]

how much faster !!!! nice one for this . . .

[JD7]

Thanks for the config tweak Moonie -

Yeah Tim, it is sad about the number of IE users !! it's pants

[silocybe]

Cheers for the tweaks Moonie