Make Firefox Faster

[WinGate]

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. (Don't put higher than 30, coz some sites will think u r hammering and will ban u...)

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.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!

 

[Starshine]

Thanks, although I am on a DSL connection ( Download Speed: 1303 kbps (162.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 540 kbps (67.5 KB/sec transfer rate) ) ... and I haven't noticed much change ( if any ) in page loading.

 

[blitzkrieg]

I always use those tweaks with firefox and you can also download an addon called fasterfox which is only meant to speed your firefox.

https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/1269
http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/

 

[alquimistabiologico]

I always use those tweaks with firefox and you can also download an addon called fasterfox which is only meant to speed your firefox.

https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/1269
http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/

Thanks for the addons, i also made the changes that WinGate recommends, and it works perfect.

Thanks both

 

[Brandon]

FasterFox is stupid, it doesn't do anything to make sites loads faster, it just wastes b/w, by caching ALL links on the current page.

Some sites are blocking sites that use fasterfox because of this.

 

[mgw854]

Much faster, thanks!

 

[Derek]

I think this has been posted but I knew about this ages ago and it does make it faster.

 

[chunsiang]

fasterfox is a total crap -.- im doing manual editing using about:config. but beginners can download a software called FireTune (third party) that modifies the about:config of mozzie automatically

 

[axyjo]

Please do not use these techniques, besides the nglayout.initialpaintdelay. These techniques cause additional load on the server, and makes the site slower if the server of that site is slow. Also, the additional strain on the server makes the site experience much less enjoyable for other people without that modification.

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[blitzkrieg]

Please do not use these techniques, besides the nglayout.initialpaintdelay. These techniques cause additional load on the server, and makes the site slower if the server of that site is slow. Also, the additional strain on the server makes the site experience much less enjoyable for other people without that modification.

Most of the time, the server can take the extra load and as it won't take any more bandwidth in the end it's great. And for people with good connections, it just uses more of it, as it is rare that you use all the power of your internet connection.

 

[Slothie]

It only speeds up pages that have lots of content as it allows firefox to fetch more at the same time

 

[shauntp]

i am so glad i came across this. it made firefox like (literally) 60 times faster.

 

[GamingX]

I have tried this out, It does not increase your net speed, instead it just speeds up firefox so that it can send more requests at one time, there is no way one can increase the internet speed.....

 

[toonshorty]

Made it slower for me!

 

[warlordste]

faster fox has it advantages of making your sites faster but after a while the site start slowing down any way so i say don't waste your time also i done these tweaks and i have noticed no change in me internet speed or how fast the pages load up

 

[satheesh]

Thanks

 

[manzoor]

Tweaked my settings have done this before alot of times but no changes at all may be a little bit of speed have been increased but that won't save my time


------------------------------------------------------------Manz00r

 

[ryoko126]

Thank you kindly. I am on dialup so I need all the help I can get.

 

[mattura]

Do be careful when fiddling with these settings.
maxrequests is usually a bit pointless higher than 5 or 10, unless you're on dialup.

 

[hothotpot]

Thanks man