[Firefox] speed up web browser speed

[Innes]

ok here it is ^_^ 3 easy steps


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.

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


Innes

[Mazzy]

done this one too. it helps FF load pages alot faster.

[Demon]

This one works a charm! :)

Cheers.

[IcemanLeigh]

Wow, very nice. Thanks.

[Liam]

Super fast firefox!

Thanks Innes :D

[IcemanLeigh]

Should this not be in the 'worth a read' section?

[Liam]

Innes gives useful tips but puts them in the wrong section :P

Can anything like this be done to Opera or IE etc?

[carocat]

So this really works? Mine has been very slow lately.

[Liam]

So this really works? Mine has been very slow lately.

Worked for me, try it out an post the results here cat! :D

[IcemanLeigh]

Yea it worked, pages are far faster loading. Pictures take very little time in comparison to before.

[Pirate Balloon]

This is so unbeliveably old. Although, i reformatted my computer since then, so this is actualyl kinda handy.

[DayC]

This is so unbeliveably old. Although, i reformatted my computer since then, so this is actualyl kinda handy.

Yeah it is but it definatly works, should be in worth a read section I think.

[carocat]

Should this not be in the 'worth a read' section?

should be in worth a read section I think.
And it now is. :)

[Innes]

And it now is. :)


thank you cat



EDIT:

added 2 more browser tuts for Internet Explorer and Opera in the PC/MAC section Liam

[Razor]

Awesome.
No more waiting for ever for sites to load :D

Nice one Innes good to see you on MB :)

[Innes]

good to see you too razorlyte

[Pirate Balloon]

Although these are good for the browsing people, they are bad on the server :(

[Razor]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1373/wtfsw6.jpg

http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/wtf-18374.jpg

Im not 100% sure but it is within the realms of possibility that your FF tuning as forever lumbered me with Retro's avatar stuck on MB for me :(

[Mazzy]

why didnt the design team come up with that !

[Innes]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1373/wtfsw6.jpg

http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/wtf-18374.jpg

Im not 100% sure but it is within the realms of possibility that your FF tuning as forever lumbered me with Retro's avatar stuck on MB for me :(


hahaha :P - sorry razor have you tryed clearing your cookies and stuff then restarting the browser?

and are you sure you edited the right ones :P

[Razor]

Nice one lol Now I can continue browsing MB without a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle staring at me :)

[Innes]

hahaha nice one

[Pirate Balloon]

Hhaha yeah, i've has that a couple of times with firefox and different sites, its kinda awesome and annoying at the same time.

[Cackhandedchimp]

Is there any way this can mess up your computer/Firefox?

[DinnyHoon]

Great tip. Loading pages with shjit-off-a-fan efficiency now :D

[Pirate Balloon]

Is there any way this can mess up your computer/Firefox?Nope, only the computer at the other which is getting harrased by requests to send the page out to you.

[UK Vamp]

Thanks Innes, this helps so much

[Tones xEDGx]

lol nice dude thx

[carocat]

That was more than a year bump!

Anyways, I used to have this, but it's made FF really unstable with the latest releases. It kept hanging when loading sites which was resolved once I reversed it. That's on Vista.

[xXMFx Massacre]

will this work with firefox 3 ??

[Laughing_Man24_7]

Thanks dude :D

[Terbinator]

will this work with firefox 3 ??

ive changed the different values straight away (in FF3) before loading a page so i dont know if there will be a difference

[PlumThe Master]

thanks this has helped loads

[Terbinator]

why dont they just ship FF with this as standard :s

[Pirate Balloon]

Because as i said, it send out loads more requests to the severs and if everybody did this then the servers would be choked and expierence badwidth issues.

[Implode]

Thankyou very much for this handy trick.

[Dan444]

This actually works.. Im impressed.

[iDizzee.]

ye i did this a couple of months ago its quite good but dont touch any thing eles or u could have to download firefox again. lol

[Swagness]

Cheers Mate Helped Alot :)

[Terbinator]

anyone tried google chrome? it seems sjut as nippy as FF (this hack included) and IMO looks better too :)

[MartZ]

aye i got google chrome sometimes it feels faster other times it feels quite slow :/ - i dont like the way thers no Home icon, i can never be arsed to type google in lol

[Terbinator]

options -> show home button :D

[MartZ]

myy baaaad haha cheers man ;)

[Sodman]

anyone tried google chrome? it seems sjut as nippy as FF (this hack included) and IMO looks better too :)

Yeah, I used it for a week, but then I decided to go back to good ole FF. It has some nice features (mainly just the click and drag tabs into/out of seperate windows, and stealth mode), but FF has a lot more features *at the moment* via plugins. Give Google chrome like a year, and it will probably be better! Or maybe somebody will make a plugin for FF to give it all the google chrome features :P

[Terbinator]

more than likely, chrome si only in beta. i find it faster than otrher browesers aswell not only in displaying pages but the program as a process aswell. it seems to open up snappily and quite efficient.