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J3nova
12-02-2006, 11:00 PM
1. Type about:config in the address bar and hit enter, now search the following entries (note the filter)

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.

First try 30, see the difference, then do what i did and switch it to something like 250 to 500 etc, you'll see


3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0 (zero). This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

If you're using broadband it'll be a lot faster, close firefox, when you start it back up it'll be in effect.

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http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/

Pcmaker
12-03-2006, 01:42 AM
Yep, this actually works. I did this a couple of years ago.

Squirrel
12-03-2006, 01:43 AM
Nice post J3nova! I just did it and it works sweet.

Squirrel
12-03-2006, 01:44 AM
Just another reason why Firefox>IE.

GOD
12-03-2006, 01:47 AM
Just another reason why Firefox>IE.

It made me change my default browser on the fly.pretty sweet.

xhale
12-03-2006, 02:28 AM
nice... works great thanks

Star Destroyer
01-02-2007, 02:45 AM
freekin saweet! thanks alot for this