Firefox Hack Worth A Second Mention

Speed up your Firefox browser:

Following the instructions below WILL increase your browsing speed in Firefox. Note: you must change all settings listed...

Type "about:config" in your firefox address bar.
Search for the following settings:

1. network.http.pipelining
Set to true

2. network.http.pipelining.firstrequest
Set to true

3. network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Set to 32

4. network.http.proxy.pipelining
Set to true

5. nglayout.initialpaint.delay
Set to 0

***Its very likely that you won't have an entry for network.http.pipelining.firstrequest. Thats ok. Just add one.

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'

Its also likely that you won't have an entry for nglayout.initialpaint.delay

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'.

Ah, enjoy... :)

Disclaimer: This is a hack from Tech Recipes. 123beta holds NO RESPONSIBILITY for any problems encountered by making changes to your browser.

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Tags: Firefox, Speed, Surfing the Internet