Got this in from a friend. I know this works with the latest version of Firefox web browser. I did this and Firefox is a helluvalot faster now. Use this at your own risk.
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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(you might not have them all):
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.
btw, if you want to make this default, just modify greprefs/all.js and search for the item, and you may distribute your modified version. (but make sure you replaced all images in the official binaries and remove all firefox logos, or you build the source yourself)
Thanks guys, I'm gonna try and see if I notice a change.
I'm pretty sure you will. Given a capable connedction, that is. I certainly did. It's especially noticable on somewhere with lots of images, like a Google image search.
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Re: FireFox Speed Tweaks -
26-02-2005
Damn, you're right. I just checked a city journal in one of the SimCity forums I visit regularly. Such forum threads are ideal, because they are pretty long and con contain many pictures on one page. And boy, this was fast! 8o
Thx again for sharing your knowledge.
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