This is actually an old tweak since the beginning of Firefox, but for some reason until FireFox3 they still don’t make this as a standard or default configuration of the browser. So if you think your newly installed Firefox3 seem a bit slower than your most hated Internet Explorer. Then let me bring back your interest on the most and still safer browser that you can use.
How To:
1. Let’ start by opening your FireFox3 browser
2. Type “about:config” in your Firefox address bar.
In the “filter search bar” type the following settings below:
network.http.pipelining. Be sure the value field is set true, if not double-click to set true.
1. network.http.pipelining - Be sure the value field is set true, if not double-click to set true.
2. network.http.pipelining.firstrequest - Be sure the value field is set true, if not double-click to set true.
3. network.http.pipelining.maxrequests - Double-click to set value field to 32.
4. network.http.proxy.pipelining - Be sure the value field is set true, if not double-click to set true.
5. nglayout.initialpaint.delay - Set value field to 0.
iF you won’t have an network.http.pipelining.firstrequest and nglayout.initialpaint.delay. No worries you can add one. Here’s how:
1. Right-click on the preferences list, select ‘New’ then select ‘Boolean’
On the first prompt, type:
network.http.pipelining.firstrequest
On the second prompt, set it to ‘true’
2. Right-click on the preferences list, select ‘New’ then select ‘Integer’
On the first prompt, type:
nglayout.initialpaint.delay
On the second prompt, set it to ‘0′
EXTRA:
6. In IPv6-capable DNS server, an IPv4 address may be returned when an IPv6 address is requested. It is possible for Mozilla to recover from this misinformation, but a significant delay is introduced.
Type network.dns.disableIPv6 in the filter search bar and set this option to true by double clicking on it.
How does it help?
Enabling the pipelining features allows the browser to make multiple requests to the server at the same time. The “maxrequests” is the maximum number of requests it will send at once. I’ve heard that 8 is the most it will send at once, but setting it higher won’t hurt, just in case. The initialpaint.delay is the length of time (in milliseconds) after the server response before the browser begins to paint the page.-www.webmasterworld.com
If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages MUCH faster now!
You can download FireFox 3 Here
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3 Comments
Nice tip man. I’ve been using Firefox for a while and never really thought about tweaking it. I’ve followed your instruction and am now observing if my pages load faster than before.
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Who is STUNNING GIRL in the firefox tanktop? Any answ would be appreciated. PS thanks for the post; I updated the settings to match my FF2 tweaks (thanks for documenting this); Now who is that girl and where did you get the picture?
You look pretty interested Kohn. Try to google “Firefox Image” you will get a lot of hits like this and I guess this pix was submitted to SpeadFirefox campaign before.