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Subject: Firefox on speed
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Here is a nifty way to speed up firefox. It will only work on websites that support pipelining. Except for item 5 which just reduces the delay in showing a website. Item 5 might not work so well on slower computers.

1. Type "about:config" in the address field.
2. Set the value of network.http.pipelining to "true".
3. Set the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to "100".
4. Set the value of network.http.proxy.pipelining to "true"
5. Create a new integer value "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" set it to "0"
6. Shut down browser and relaunch browser

PS To set a new value just right click and go to new.

I'm sure most hardcore Firefox users already know about this but I just found it yesterday.

[Edited on 10/20/2004 2:35:55 PM]

  • 10.20.2004 9:09 AM PDT
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whats fire fox?

  • 10.20.2004 12:07 PM PDT
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Mozilla Firefox
Better than IE.

  • 10.20.2004 12:13 PM PDT
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Awsum stuff, but how do you do step five????

  • 10.20.2004 2:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: HunTERminator
Awsum stuff, but how do you do step five????


in the about:config screen

right click -> new -> integer -> type in "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" -> type value of "0'

[Edited on 10/20/2004 2:35:33 PM]

  • 10.20.2004 2:34 PM PDT
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ok. Yeah I found it. Thanx.

  • 10.20.2004 2:50 PM PDT