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    Default Speed up FireFox!

    Firefox
    Pipelining requests
    It allows for more simultaneous connections to web servers. Note that the HTTP specs suggest for 4 concurrent connections. Setting this value to 10 allows for more web page components being downloaded at the same time, noticeably improving browsing. To appy the tweak, follow the simple instructions below:
    1. In the address bar, type: about:config
    2. Locate and change the following values (by double-clicking on them):
    network.http.max-connections = 24 (default is 24)
    network.http.max-connections-per-server = 10 (default is 8 )
    network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy = 8 (default is 4)
    network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server = 4 (default is 2)
    network.http.pipelining = true (default is false)
    network.http.pipelining.maxrequests = 10 ( default is 4)
    network.http.proxy.pipelining = true (default is false)

    3. Optionally, you can also tweak the following settings:
    content.notify.backoffcount = 5
    ui.submenuDelay = 0
    Note: Setting the number of connections per server to a much higher number (over ~10) can cause web servers to drop some requests, resulting in incomplete pages, increased retransmissions, etc., so it is not recommended.

    Reduce Initial Page Delay
    By default, Firefox waits 0.25 seconds (250ms) before beginning to draw web pages. To reduce this initial delay, do the following:
    1. In the browser address bar, type: about:config
    2. Anywhere in the browser window, right-click and create: NEW > String
    3. Name the string: nglayout.initialpaint.delay (no spaces) and set its value to 0 (or something sensible, in milliseconds).
    Note: This setting is not present by default.

    Advanced Firefox Settings
    Below, you will find settings that may increase your perceived page loading time a bit further. Note that those are most likely best left at the default values. These settings generally do no exist under the Firefox about:config, and need to be created if you'd like to experiment with them.
    content.interrupt.parsing - default/recommended is true. When true, parsing can be interrupted to process UI events.
    content.max.tokenizing.time recommended value ~ 2250000. Defines maximum number of microseconds between reflows.
    content.notify.interval - recommended value ~ 750000
    content.notify.ontimer - recommended set to true. If so, doesn't reflow pages more often than the content.notify.interva timer.
    content.switch.threshold - raising the value will make the browser more responsive at the expense of page load time.
    browser.cache.memory.capacity - memory, in KB reserved for caching decoded images. Default varies with RAM



    This has been copied & pasted from here.



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    Greco101
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    Default Re: Speed up FireFox!

    Wow, I overlooked this because I tried it a while back and shy'd away from it.

    It skipped some steps in the directions...



    • Locate to "HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Internet Settings"
    • right click
    • add new DWORD
    • name it "MaxConnectionsPerServer" (no quotes)
    • click ok
    • right click the one you just added and select "modify."
    • change value to "00000010" (no quotes)


    ::Repeat with:: "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"


    Next, when going to, "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet Settings" the values should already be there.

    Right click each and select "modify"

    change value to "00000010" (no quotes)

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    Greco101
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    Default Re: Speed up FireFox!

    very surprised more people haven't tried this... *bump?*

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    Default Re: Speed up FireFox!

    I just tried it on my linux boxes and they are noticeably faster now. +rep for the good find.
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    Default Re: Speed up FireFox!

    No problem
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    Default Re: Speed up FireFox!

    thx i can see the diffrence

    +rep

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    Default Re: Speed up FireFox!

    Hey sweet, that did help a little bit. Its not a whole ton faster, but it is just a little bit. Good enough for me! ^_^

    Thanks for posting this, a second faster browsing is pretty nice!
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    Default Re: Speed up FireFox!

    I have not seen a thread about this in years, so I decided I should look if my current rig was optimized... well it was... cool you remember it

    Anyone who think a computer is sexy need to #$? and fast

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