Speeding Up Firefox


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Is it normal for firefox to take longer than ie to start up? this happens even after a reformat and reinstallation of everything. im running firefox 1.0.4

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Yes, it's normal. I beleve there are ways to speed up the process, but i don't know how. Thought it has something to do with the buffer......

Can anyone confirm this...

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Yes, it's normal. But it doesn't bother me as once I have gone in it the first time it's hella fast the 2nd & 3rd etc.

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Just go here www.firetune.com, and download the program. Its freeware and provides you with settings to speed up your firefox browser, including making an icon on the desktop to speedup it up when opened. Its also in the software news section of Neowin. :D

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I don't know if this has being posted here before, but sure helps a lot to charge the browser,and the pages you surf.

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

1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

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

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:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly 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 recieves.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!

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right-click on the Firefox shortcut and add this to the Target, under Properties /prefetch:1

so in the end it should look like : "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /prefetch:1

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You could do I what I did and get a unofficial specialised build of firefox with is suited for the instruction set which ur cpu uses.

I got mine from Moox

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3. Lastly 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 recieves.

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That is a common myth.

You will see portions of the page pop-up quicker, but if you leave the initialpaintdelay as it was at default or raise the number.. the whole page will actually be displayed faster.

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For me its the other way around.

Firefox (Deer Park Alpha 1) launch in 2 seconds, while Internet Explorer (5.23) need 4-5 seconds. But I really dont care! :whistle:

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2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

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I did those above mentioned changes, Firefox does seem a little quicker now, thanks

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That is a common myth.

You will see portions of the page pop-up quicker, but if you leave the initialpaintdelay as  it was at default or raise the number.. the whole page will actually be displayed faster.

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It may be a myth that it makes the page load faster, but what it actually speeds up is the response time. With this enabled you can scroll down the page before everything is loaded; otherwise you have to wait untill it's mostly/fully loading to be able to scroll. It's nice when there are text and images, so you can read while you're waiting for the images to load.

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