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Firefox: Extreme Speed!

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jerin3013
jerin3013 Original post #1
Aug 17, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Once you've loaded up firefox go to the address bar and type or copy and paste:

about:config

Right click and select: New -> Integer

Name the integer or copy paste:

nglayout.initialpaint.delay

Change the integers value to:

300

You can also use 0 (zero) as an Integer Value, if you don't like the performance of the 300 Integer Value.


Enjoy & Watch Your Speed!



Or If Not Try This One Too!


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 in the "aboug:config" page 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.

4. Restart Firefox

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


source : *www.xplorer.vndv.com/firefox_extreme_speed.html
Most Wanted
Aug 18, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Very well.
will try sure.
ashu888ashu888
Aug 18, 2008 at 9:14 PM
^^

will try it and post my results..

btw, thanx for this :)
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The Conqueror #4
Aug 18, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Cool.Thanks for sharing
thewisecrab
Aug 19, 2008 at 2:34 PM
I was using it already.:)
It does work :wink:
T
Aug 19, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Anything new?
A
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:29 PM
using it from a long time... works...
Kl@w-24
Kl@w-24 #8
Aug 21, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Very old. But keep in mind, there is a max limit for all these values, after which there will be no improvement because FF will simply ignore it. It was mentioned somewhere in Mozilla KB.
koolbluez
Aug 21, 2008 at 10:47 AM
ho.. hummm..... that was old !
R2K
R2K #10
Sep 5, 2008 at 3:06 PM
really old tips.......
D@rekills4
Sep 5, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Already Using

Already using it
Nice thing
Works!
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ampd5 #12
Dec 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM
:cool:

thanx..........
User Name
User Name #13
Dec 16, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Will it improve downloading speed?
JojoTheDragon
Dec 16, 2008 at 11:07 PM
^maybe. Really old post.
Akshay
Akshay #15
Dec 17, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Old trick but works well..

"Similar threads" is also showing the same trick posted earlier.
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p!e #16
Dec 17, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Nice tricks
thnx for sharing
M
mr-blue #17
Dec 27, 2008 at 1:20 AM
ol trick but it'l be usefull for newbies., thanks for posting anyway :)
MR.MOUSTACHE
Jan 22, 2009 at 6:20 PM
nice of u 4 sharing but bit old for some of us here
M
Masroor #19
Jul 15, 2009 at 11:34 AM
old tip.. anyway thanks for sharing.
dreams
dreams #21
Jul 16, 2009 at 2:31 PM
it may be a old tip..but it is new for me, since using FF again after 4 years. Thnx for the tips.

Edit: Works gr8..now my FF is behaving like the gr8 Opera..many thnx
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yiouyio #22
Jul 18, 2009 at 9:55 AM
Thanks, I will try
topgear
topgear #23
Aug 11, 2009 at 6:19 AM
I'm using opera :p but seeing this trick I'll try it for sure in FF :p