Firefox Speed Tweaks

bulletservice · 02-11-2008, 03:03 PM

Yes, firefox is already pretty damn fast but did you know that you can tweak it and improve the speed even more?

That's the beauty of this program being open source.
Here's what you do:
In the URL bar, type “about:config” and press enter. This will bring up the configuration “menu” where you can change the parameters of Firefox.

Note that these are what I’ve found to REALLY speed up my Firefox significantly - and these settings seem to be common among everybody else as well. But these settings are optimized for broadband connections - I mean with as much concurrent requests we’re going to open up with pipelining… lol… you’d better have a big connection.

Double Click on the following settins and put in the numbers below - for the true / false booleans - they’ll change when you double click.

Code:
browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs – true
network.http.max-connections – 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server – 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy – 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server – 4
network.http.pipelining – true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests – 100
network.http.proxy.pipelining – true
network.http.request.timeout – 300

One more thing… Right-click somewhere on that screen and add a 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. Since you’re broadband - it shouldn’t have to wait.

Now you should notice you’re loading pages MUCH faster now!

bond007 · 02-19-2008, 11:23 AM

opera is the best and fastest..... try it..

achilies · 02-20-2008, 09:02 PM

Hmm!!........your trick's doesn't hav anyeffect on my browser buddyyy

bulletservice · 02-24-2008, 02:17 PM

Sorry mate but these tweaks are working fine for me. I think you are not applying properly

amitesh ghate · 02-24-2008, 07:49 PM

didn't worked for me also
don't know why is it so but i have tried the same

sallyxu126 · 02-25-2008, 10:31 AM

thanks for sharing this with us,but usually I only use IE now.
I understand firefox is more safe,but I still prefer IE, and I need the cookies to remember my account.

goodforu · 03-01-2008, 10:52 PM

well may be but I stick with ie it suits me well!

abg88 · 03-01-2008, 10:54 PM

opera is not secure... i feel that firefox is best and safe and secure

sr106 · 03-06-2008, 03:33 AM

i use firefox that is the best i think...

02-11-2008, 03:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
bulletservice Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 440	Firefox Speed Tweaks Yes, firefox is already pretty damn fast but did you know that you can tweak it and improve the speed even more? That's the beauty of this program being open source. Here's what you do: In the URL bar, type “about:config” and press enter. This will bring up the configuration “menu” where you can change the parameters of Firefox. Note that these are what I’ve found to REALLY speed up my Firefox significantly - and these settings seem to be common among everybody else as well. But these settings are optimized for broadband connections - I mean with as much concurrent requests we’re going to open up with pipelining… lol… you’d better have a big connection. Double Click on the following settins and put in the numbers below - for the true / false booleans - they’ll change when you double click. Code: browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs – true network.http.max-connections – 48 network.http.max-connections-per-server – 16 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy – 8 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server – 4 network.http.pipelining – true network.http.pipelining.maxrequests – 100 network.http.proxy.pipelining – true network.http.request.timeout – 300 One more thing… Right-click somewhere on that screen and add a 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. Since you’re broadband - it shouldn’t have to wait. Now you should notice you’re loading pages MUCH faster now!

02-24-2008, 07:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
amitesh ghate SUB Super Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 486	didn't worked for me also don't know why is it so but i have tried the same __________________ EARN $'S FOR SIMPLY VIEWING THE WEBSITES MIN. PAYOUT FOR 5$ HURRY UP AND REGISTER HERE

03-01-2008, 10:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
goodforu SUB Super Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 524	well may be but I stick with ie it suits me well! __________________ Good for u

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achilies SUB Super Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 778	Hmm!!........your trick's doesn't hav anyeffect on my browser buddyyy

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bulletservice Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 440	Sorry mate but these tweaks are working fine for me. I think you are not applying properly

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