Firefox Speed Tweaks

[twysm]

These came from another forum, where they were probably just stolen from somewhere else...

In firefox, type "about:config" in the address bar to bring up the configuration editor.
Adjust these values accordingly. For boolean types just doubling clicking will switch them. For integers, you will be prompted to enter a value. Note that these are meant for broadband users.

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

Now the one most helpful, IMO, you add yourself. Right click somewhere and go to New -> Integer. Name it 'nglayout.initialpaint.delay' (no quotes). Give it the value '0', This tells firefox how long to wait before it draws a page. For broadband users, 0 will make it go much faster because you get the information much quicker and don't need to redraw. Dial-up users should NOT set it to 0 because they will have to redraw a billion times before the page loads. In fact, they might prefer to set it to a high amount so that they get most of the page before the browser draws, requiring it to redraw less.

Lot's more interesting settings to check out in there, too. Mess around and let us know what you come up with.

[ChipMonk]

Originally Posted by twysm

These came from another forum, where they were probably just stolen from somewhere else...

In firefox, type "about:config" in the address bar to bring up the configuration editor.
Adjust these values accordingly. For boolean types just doubling clicking will switch them. For integers, you will be prompted to enter a value. Note that these are meant for broadband users.

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

Now the one most helpful, IMO, you add yourself. Right click somewhere and go to New -> Integer. Name it 'nglayout.initialpaint.delay' (no quotes). Give it the value '0', This tells firefox how long to wait before it draws a page. For broadband users, 0 will make it go much faster because you get the information much quicker and don't need to redraw. Dial-up users should NOT set it to 0 because they will have to redraw a billion times before the page loads. In fact, they might prefer to set it to a high amount so that they get most of the page before the browser draws, requiring it to redraw less.

Lot's more interesting settings to check out in there, too. Mess around and let us know what you come up with.

hmmm, nice... it worked