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 2. Alter the entries as follows: 2. Alter the entries as follows:
  
-Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"+  * "network.http.pipelining" to "true" 
 +  * "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true" 
 +  * "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
  
-Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"+3Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> IntegerName it    
 +  * "nglayout.initialpaint.delayand set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
  
-Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequeststo some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.+4. "network.dns.disableIPv6"
  
-3Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delayand set its value to "0"This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.+You shouldn't have to type out the whole thing, as the listings change dynamically as you're typingSimply double-click on the entry to change the default value of "False" to "True". 
 +Render pages faster
  
-If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!+5. If you reduce the amount of web history that Firefox stores, it will load faster and also save you some disk space. Type the following in the search bar: browser.history and change browser.history_expires_days and browser.history_expires_min to 1. You can also use low numbers if you want to keep some browser history.
  
  
blog/firefox_speedup.1252481545.txt.gz · Last modified: 2009-09-09 09:32 by brb