Make Your Fire Fox Faster!

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  1. himster

    himster Well-Known Member

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    How to make FF faster (it really works):

    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.
     
  2. .Mc2

    .Mc2 Well-Known Member

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    Old...
     
  3. himster

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    to you..
     
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    Hmmmm
    First of all this is old and there is already a big thread about this, second this belongs in the tutorials forum.

    But it really does make firefox alot faster.
     
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    Iwas gonna say...wasnt this posted like a bit ago?
     
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    I was wondering what happened to this thread, lol, it's ok though, because every update, you have to redo this thing.
     
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    Arroo, didnt see the last thread.
     
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    REALLY OLD since version 1, but works well.
     
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    wow thanks :)
     
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    Wow I never heard of this before, as I recently got FireFox, and have to say it works great!
     
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    i posted this before and someone else posted it before that... i didnt realize that it was posted already before i did it
     
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    noone really does since they forget to search :lol:
     
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    NEW AND EXCITING
     
  14. Fight For It

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    ehe, cool?
     
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    Ive seen this thread 3 times.
     

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