FireFox 2.0 Browser Speed Tweak

[GlitterKill]

Here is a simple tweak to help your page load times in FireFox 2.0.

1.Type "about:config" in the address bar and then hit enter.
Scroll through the list and find the following entries:

• network.http.pipelining
• network.http.proxy.pipelining
• network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

The browser normally sends one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will send multiple requests at one time which speeds up page loading.


2. Alter the entries as follows:

• Change "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
• Change "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
• Change "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 20.

This value means it will send 20 requests at once. Feel free to experiment with this number by increasing it to find a sweet spot for your page load times.


3. Right-click anywhere in the window and select "New -> Integer". The name will be "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and its value should be "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it begins rendering the webpage.

[TiZakit]

Workin Sweet. Thanks GK!

[Slaymate]

Seems to be working faster. Thanks :-)

[Bouve124]

nice thanks a lot!

[4x0n]

Or for the lazy bastards like me, https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1269/ this is all of that except the maxrequests

[Beetle Bailey]

Thanks very much!!! Very good tweak. Pages are super fast now. Bailey.

[milosh]

theres another one also, just a little boost

in about:config, right click and choose 'new' and choose 'integer'

name it:

nglayout.initialpaint.delay

and set the value to 0

[mente]

Nice tips. Thanks