Firefox faster for free!

Trowa_Z

I've tried this and it seems to work.

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.

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.

elvis_bloggs

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jellybabe83

I'm very very confused.........
What is this actually supposed to do? ???

culpepper

good one ! Just done it and it does seem faster.

jellybabe83

Lol, sorry, being a bit slow today......! I've done it and it does load a bit faster! Thanks!

babazero

Thanks for the info the speed is now fast that i have ditched internet explorer for good.

jellybabe83

Babazero - I wouldn't ditch ur IExplorer completely..... There are still a lot of sites that don't run properly in Firefox, so I keep my IExplorer just incase......!

queensway_boy

Thanks 8)

trisontana

Babazero - I wouldn't ditch ur IExplorer completely..... There are still a lot of sites that don't run properly in Firefox, so I keep my IExplorer just incase......!

I found this out when trying to get some on-line quotes for my car insurance. So keep your IE just as a back-up

culpepper

Babazero - I wouldn't ditch ur IExplorer completely..... There are still a lot of sites that don't run properly in Firefox, so I keep my IExplorer just incase......!

quite a lot of the pages that dont load in IE will load in Opera which is another free browser and quite fast too!

sra

There's an extension that will do this for you called Tweak Network Settings

This will give you a menu in tools where you can switch between 'default' (the original settings unless you've changed them) and 'power' where the settings have been changed similar to above
;D

(and you can quickly chage back just by clicking 'default' if you have problems)