Make Firefox Faster

[tankaru]

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.[Only registered and activated users can see links]
network.[Only registered and activated users can see links]
network.[Only registered and activated users can see links]

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.[Only registered and activated users can see links] to true
Set network.[Only registered and activated users can see links] to true
Set network.[Only registered and activated users can see links] to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once. (Don't put higher than 30, coz some sites will think u r hammering and will ban u...)

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!

[Agnus]

very nice tutorial, works fine here (:

[.eXe]

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.[Only registered and activated users can see links]
network.[Only registered and activated users can see links]
network.[Only registered and activated users can see links]

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.[Only registered and activated users can see links] to true
Set network.[Only registered and activated users can see links] to true
Set network.[Only registered and activated users can see links] to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once. (Don't put higher than 30, coz some sites will think u r hammering and will ban u...)

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!


WOW it works :wakuwaku:

Thanx alot :em001:

[sparkle]

thanks for the tip =3

[Dreamless]

Will this make it less safer?

[tankaru]

safer ?? it does nothin to the AVs or Firewalls....

[janc]

thanks a lot. good tip.

[ZephyrBlack]

Nice one there wat, use it together with the unlimited connection limit.
there is a program called xp antispy (but you can modify the connection limit set by microsoft from 10 to unlimited.

you got limited connection error when try to download multiple files, just change it to unlimited. (for broadband users only).

[eisenzahn]

Great job, all around. Really cool. :3 Thanks!

[temporary]

thnx for the great tutorial and the most important i found your blog adress again after i lost it due to format :)

[starfire]

There're some more tweaks that let you make firefox more responsive or display pages faster (it's a balancing act between the two). Check out [Only registered and activated users can see links] for more info. If you don't feel like flipping through the pages, just click on the print article link to view it all in one page.

[LDK]

What the disadvantage when doing this?

The Optimizer for FF will lag if too many TAB are open....so I dont use it ><.
Hope this one doesn't create hassle!

[gameas]

is it really safe to allow more connections? Ah well, speed >>>> security, lol

[eksuterru]

thx for sharing this tip~

[Akiba]

thanks for this tutorial o_O

actually see a difference

[Fappy]

The Fasterfox addon does this and more. It also eliminates the need for Google Web Accelerator.

[daniel2]

Oh wow.. my internet is way faster. It takes about 2 seconds and then BOOM the page is totally instantly loaded. +rep

[maiwaifu]

Useful info, thnx for posting it here. :3

[daniel2]

Well after looking around it does make it faster, if people think its slower the site your viewing might just be lacking bandwidth.

[EchelonV]

Yeah I've noticed a lot of improvement myself. This works!

[Icchy]

There is one more way to make it faster ) just download fasterfox addon)

[EchelonV]

^ Yeah, I have that too. Heh.

[Hamael]

OK, to make firefox faster and better to use, il just post my friends guide^^

[Only registered and activated users can see links]

there, everything you need to make your Firefox grand.

[toxicteabag]

really nice! thanks!

[bondo]

thanks for the tip!

[rurushu]

Hmm.... tried it but it doesnt seem much difference to me. Maybe because mine was connected wirelessly to the broadband modem?

[xfyrenx]

Awesome, thanks for the tips!

[tvesrb]

thanks for the tip
thats much better

[C02M0]

nice tip .
old tho .

[Kalamadea]

Like the other guy asked, is there a downside to this fix?

I split bandwidth between 3 other computers in the house so will my computer end up hogging more of it and slow everyone elses connection down?

Thanks.

[DualFace]

Like the other guy asked, is there a downside to this fix?

I split bandwidth between 3 other computers in the house so will my computer end up hogging more of it and slow everyone elses connection down?

Thanks.

Yeah this is one of the few 'downsides' to this FF hack. It
prioritizes bandwidth to your machine, but only of course
when you're using it. I'd imagine it'd be worse too if your
other machines are LANed wirelessly.

I'd say do the same hack to your other machines if they
also have FF, but then I'd be wary about certain sites wanting to
know why/how your IP is 'monstering' everthing. LOL Fuckem.

[himekuma]

thanks! great tutorial!!

[Arikifudokato]

very nice +rep to you :)

[vhuni]

thnx for the tips. it really made surfing faster. but what if i also install other firefox add-ons that also increases surfing speed, will that make a conflict?

[Unknown81888]

I think it loads faster...not sure if it does lol....It seems to though @_@

Edit: Nvm it loads very fast @_@

Thanks for the nice info!

[ynot672000]

thnx very much for the tips