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Name: Beginner1
Date: June 21, 2006 at 20:31:15 Pacific
Subject: Faster Firefox
OS: XP Pro
CPU/Ram: AMD64 X2/ 4 GIG
Manufacturer/Model: Hp
Comment:

I know it work, my web browser came up alot quicker, this is if you have a Cable connection.

Tried this and it seemed to work, snagged it from another board I'm on, not my original work but I did test it:

Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

1.Type "about:config" (no quotes) into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

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

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:

Change "network.http.pipelining" to "true" (Double Click it)
Change "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
Change "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true" (Double Click it)

3. Then 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!

Jim R


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Name: Johnw
Date: June 22, 2006 at 00:58:54 Pacific
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Name: hobblyhoy
Date: June 22, 2006 at 03:55:55 Pacific
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they already do these "hacks" for you in the latest version of firefox.

"the right to swing my arm ends where your nose begins."
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Response Number 3
Name: zero244
Date: June 24, 2006 at 11:05:24 Pacific
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Ive tried couple of versions of Firefox and just dont like it. I have a fast connection and I cant see any speed increase using Firefox over IE. I realize IE has security problems but my machine is completely locked down from everything. I use several third party programs that integrate with IE and wont with any of the mozzila software.
Everyone keeps saying how fast Firefox is........sorry I dont see it as any faster than IE....unless were counting miliseconds.


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