Faster browsing with Firefox

[russ0943]

holy shizzle, i'm see'n a huge speed increase. thnx a ton.

[Porsche Design]

WOW, I just did a clean xp install and i installed firefox 1.0 with it

its such a big change and very much cooler than internet explorer

i remembers this tweak but its not going as fast for me but at least its faster

i can't calculate my speed bcuz i know nothing of internet speed

Wireless G Card

Wireless B Router

Cable

Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz

512MB ram

11.0 Mbps (Mega-bytes per second i guess)

Signal Strength: Excellent

I would appreciate it if someone helps me out.

Loving Firefox 1.0

[EZRecovery]

Wireless G Card

Wireless B Router

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Why you have a G card and a B wireless router? Are you planning to buy a G wireless router later?

If I can ask. :D

[Draconian Guppy]

Anyone know tweaks like these to make firefox startup faster ? ( im on a Athlon [email protected]) seems it takes forever to load :p

[JorgeIvan]

Wireless G Card

Wireless B Router

Cable

Intel? Pentium? 4 CPU 70b>GHz

512MB ram

11.0 Mbps (Mega-bytes per second i guess)

Signal Strength: Excellent

I would appreciate it if someone helps me out.

Loving Firefox 1.0

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Same **** here:D:D

[Lexcyn]

This is awesome. It made my pages load so much faster. Great tweak! :D

[zedaxax]

since the "edit" doesnt work....

I feel obliged to thank you(again) and all the other links for seriously increasing my Speed

FreeTheFox

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[kainashi]

i see a slight increase here. thanks for posting this, though. :)

[JorgeIvan]

since the "edit" doesnt  work....

I feel obliged to thank you(again) and all the other links for seriously increasing my Speed

FreeTheFox

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:laugh:

[WigglesTheFish]

awesome tweak, thanks a ton for sharing... both my laptop and desktop are much happier now :)

and to answer EZRecovery, i also have a wireless g card and a wireless b router... i just couldn't afford the g after i spent the money on the laptop :) that and the nearest store carrying one at the time was 70 miles away..

[EZRecovery]

awesome tweak, thanks a ton for sharing... both my laptop and desktop are much happier now :)

and to answer EZRecovery, i also have a wireless g card and a wireless b router... i just couldn't afford the g after i spent the money on the laptop :)  that and the nearest store carrying one at the time was 70 miles away..

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:D

It makes sense when the user doesn't have enough $$$ to buy some extra devices. Not a problem, I was just curious.

[Porsche Design]

Why you have a G card and a B wireless router?  Are you planning to buy a G wireless router later?

If I can ask.  :D

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Same **** here  :D

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awesome tweak, thanks a ton for sharing... both my laptop and desktop are much happier now :)

and to answer EZRecovery, i also have a wireless g card and a wireless b router... i just couldn't afford the g after i spent the money on the laptop :)  that and the nearest store carrying one at the time was 70 miles away..

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So... What is the best tweak for 11Mbps???

Forgive me i don't know abut internet speeds so I am unable to calculate the best tweak for my speed.

[D0401]

thanks..! this makes pages load a little snappier compared to before :D

[QuarterSwede]

Wow! Now Firefox is faster than IE. Thanks for the information.

[D0401]

firefox was always faster compared to IE for me.

[vbsodx]

Anyone know  tweaks like these to make firefox startup faster ? ( im on a Athlon [email protected]) seems it takes forever to load :p

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Try adding /prefetch:1 after the target in the properties of the shortcut you use to start Firefox.

E.g. "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /prefetch:1

[Daninku]

Works well here with a 256K here, it's a little bit faster now, thanks mate :)

[neatofx]

Try adding /prefetch:1 after the target in the properties of the shortcut you use to start Firefox.

E.g. "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /prefetch:1

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Nice firefox not only starts up faster, but loads pages faster with the tweaks and MMOYS new P4 optimized build. Such a great browser :woot:

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

these settings are a must!

here's mine for my 6mbps connection

user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 128);

user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 128);

user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 64);

user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 8);

user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);

user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 30);

user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);

user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);

[DELTA75329]

WOW! This works wonders in Netscape 7.2! Thanks!! :woot:

Now if only IE had something like this. That would be nice too. :)

Another reason FFX kicks the snot out of IE. (On speed, anyway)

[Lokheed]

Now if only IE had something like this. That would be nice too.  :)

Another reason FFX kicks the snot out of IE. (On speed, anyway)

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You can change a few registry entires for IE to allow nearly the same kind of effect, removing the limits of parallel connections wich result in minor speed improvements...that is if you still havent switched to Firefox ;)

[Pestul]

Hmm.. dsl version of a tweak someone posted has nglayout.initialpaint.delay of "750".. , but some have it set to "0". I have a 3000/640 dsl connection, what would be recommended?

[ninjakarl]

is the network.http.proxy.keep-alive neccesary for someone with broadband

it seems like it would be for keeping dialup connected.

[YBG]

JUST DO IT :D

Thanks for the tips, Firefox does run slightly faster.

[Caboose447]

Here is my Firefox config values I played with.

Tested with my 1.5mbit DSL connection.

Not for dial-up users!

To start:

Open Firefox.

Type "about:config" in the adress bar.

Find these options, double click each one and change to below values:

network.http.max-connections: 48

network.http.max-connections-per-server: 24

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 12

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 6

network.http.pipelining: true

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: 32

network.http.proxy.pipelining: true

After changing the values just close Firefox and open it again.

Enjoy your fast browsing! :p

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Thats awesome! Things load faster! I doubled your numbers for my 3Mb DSL and its great! Awesome! Thanks!