Making firefox loads faster

[n1ghts]

I got it from one of the forums on the web :D :

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 receives.

[Ash]

Don't do this...for a milisecond saved on your side, it puts the site's server under many times more strain each time you load it.

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.

It sends it once for a reason...

[scuzzman]

Ash: I agree to an extent... 30 is way too high

Mine is set to 4 and works like a charm

The one that made the most differnece is this though:

nglayout.initialpaint.delay

And it is perfectly safe for the servers