Firefox tweak - broadband users

[Palebrew]

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.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 recieves.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages 2-3 times faster now.

[Osiris]

You found this in my post on the Dark Grimoire forums, didn't you? You cheater. :P

[Palebrew]

nope. But I didn't write it either.

[Osiris]

Yeah, I know... Because it's word for word what I found and posted. :P

will this affect my browser in a bad way?

[Osiris]

No. In fact, it will make it probably 2-3 times as fast.

[whitsdaname]

wowzers. speed is good

[Osiris]

Indeed it is. Quite the nifty little trick.

[Arion]

i love this trick now, it load's my homepage in record speed ;D

[Toxotes]

Holy %$@! it works! awesome guys thanks