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krazylegz
18th June, 2009, 02:16 PM
just been reading on the net how to make firefox 2x or 3x faster with a few simple steps, has anyone tried this and found any difference?

3 Hacks for Firefox That Will Double Your Internet Browsing Speed - Gnoted.com (http://gnoted.com/3-hacks-for-firefox-double-internet-browsing-speed/)

opsmonkey
18th June, 2009, 02:21 PM
Hi mate.. they do work..!!

I have always done this with new installs of firefox.. works a treat..


Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

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 recieves.

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

krazylegz
18th June, 2009, 02:23 PM
cheers ops:)

you think i'll see any difference using mobile broadband?

opsmonkey
18th June, 2009, 02:25 PM
should be faster mate.. Mobile broadband is still broadband at the end of the day.. i reckon you'll notice a difference.. i remember this worked when i was on 512MB BB.. ;)

krazylegz
18th June, 2009, 02:32 PM
thanx ops :)

i've give it a bash

satsmo
18th June, 2009, 02:37 PM
Hi mate I do the same myself and notice quite a difference. I seen DF post about it a while back http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f94/speed-up-firefox-browser-29555/ there are quite a few tweaks ;)