For Firefox users that have Broadband..

[G-khan]

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 MUCH faster now!

 

[FrankRep]

FasterFox!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1269

 

[G-khan]

FasterFox!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1269

Nice I have been doing it by hand... Thank you...

 

[CurtisLow]

Thanks G! Does this mess with security in anyway?

 

[noxagol]

Love. So much faster.

 

[Electric Church]

I don't trust Firefox too much. For a while they were down loadin stuff without asking for my permission until i finally found out how to stop it

 

[CurtisLow]

finally found out how to stop it

How?

 

[Electric Church]

How?

Open your Firefox browser and click on “tools”

Click on “options”

Click on the “update” tab

Under “Automatically check for updates to:”

Deselect the first box beside “Firefox.” This will dim and disable the two update options: “Ask me what I want to do” and “Automatically download and install the update.”

Then Press OK

 

[G-khan]

Thanks G! Does this mess with security in anyway?

No it does not change much except instead of asking for 1 thing at a time it now asks for 30 and broadband can handle it.

The add on "Faster Firefox" may be just auto setting this up for you? I would do it by hand that way you know what has been done..

It really does speed things up..........

 

[Keith]

The only problem with this is that you are hammering the web server.

 

[garyallen59]

that's great

 

[constituent]

wow. now how do i do this for safari?

i just got a mac.

oh yea, and how do i run ubuntu on this thing?

 

[hugh8jass]

The only problem with this is that you are hammering the web server.

Worthwhile point, but only if you have a ton of tabs pointed to the same site.