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In user.js : in "firefox/profile/*.defult/"

// Last value in milliseconds (default is 250) this make ff fast like Opera!~!

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

//net set

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

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

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

user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 32);

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

user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 64);

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

// Maximum cache capatiy

user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 65536);

now restart your firefox and u'l see the differents.

to make sure this settings are changed open "about:config" and check it out.

tell me how it make a different and suggest more internet setting u use.

GL

links:

http://www.supernova00.biz/userjs.html

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips

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If you're getting alot of Fx crashes in Windows, using so many connections is one of the causes. It's not a completely harmless tweak.

that's why I use gentler setup. Here's my user.js:

user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 600000);
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 200000);
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 200000);
user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 100);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 32);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 8);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 8);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 4);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
// user_pref("network.http.request.max-start-delay", 5);

// Inline autocomplete
user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill", true);

does fasterfox extension do this? or is it better to do it manually? if so, maybe refer me to which file i must edit

Fasterfox does similar things, though I prefer knowing exactly what I'm doing. To use my file, you simply create a user.js file in your Firefox profile directory. For instance, I have my file in:

C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\q5dvjgu3.Chris_032706

Then just copy and paste that text into the file. It's easy plus it's convenient when needing to bring your settings over to a new profile.

opening excessive ammounts of connections are useless and may slow it down also. And some settings are limited anyways so whatever number you type in it'll always be at a specified max, i forget which setting that was.

Anyways here's my settings which I've tested and works the best. For broadband only.

Open "about:config"

Speed Settings

--------------------

Set Value:

network.http.max-connections "48"

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

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy "16"

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server "8"

network.http.pipelining "true"

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests "8"

network.http.proxy.pipelining "true"

browser.cache.disk.capacity "1024000" (Or whatever you want, actually. It depends on the machine)

Create Value:

[integer] nglayout.initialpaint.delay "50"

[integer] browser.cache.memory.capacity "10240" (This and the two following settings are all dependant on the machine and you should test out the best performance)

[integer] network.dnsCacheExpiration "5120"

[integer] network.dnsCacheEntries "512"

[boolean] config.trim_on_minimize "true"

Other Settings

----------

plugin.expose_full_path "true" (I dont remember what this is)

browser.display.focus_ring_width "0" (Gets rid of dotted focous border around active items)

browser.display.show_image_placeholders "false" (gets rid of image placeholders...i think)

NoScript Permanent Allowed URLS: noscript.permanent (This is just a note to myself of which setting the noscript perm allowed URLs are located in)

Links

----------

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=53650

http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html

that's why I use gentler setup. Here's my user.js:

user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 600000);
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 200000);
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 200000);
user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 100);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 32);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 8);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 8);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 4);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
// user_pref("network.http.request.max-start-delay", 5);

// Inline autocomplete
user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill", true);

Very noticable improvement w/ this setup! Much Thanks!

Edited by brian502

that's why I use gentler setup. Here's my user.js:

user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 600000);
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 200000);
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 200000);
user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 100);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 32);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 8);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 8);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 4);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
// user_pref("network.http.request.max-start-delay", 5);

// Inline autocomplete
user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill", true);

I would realy like to use that config but i dont know where the firefox profiles are in Windows Vista :(

I use the following settings.

user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 65536);

user_pref("browser.download.manager.focusWhenStarting", true);

user_pref("browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete", false);

user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0);

user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 0);

user_pref("content.interrupt.parsing", true);

user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 3000000);

user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);

user_pref("content.notify.interval", 750000);

user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);

user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000);

user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable", true);

user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 48);

user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 32);

user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 16);

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

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

user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);

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

user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false);

user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 100);

user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 50);

Wave' date='Jun 19 2006, 01:18' post='587618900']

FasterFox works well enough for me :)

For most people it will work well enough. To be honest, I just prefer having more knowledge of the settings I'm changing and how best to configure them. Also, I made that user.js up way before fasterfox was released, so I had no other choice lol.

user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 64);

http://www.supernova00.biz/userjs.html

Hmm... supernova00 should know better about the maxrequests pref being hardcoded at 8 max as anything greater is still 8 ...as he is a regular at MozillaZine, which has seen a large number of these so called make firefox faster tweak threads, where these settings such as the pipelining can actually make Firefox slower for some sites or images load in wrong place.

that's why I use gentler setup. Here's my user.js:

user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 600000);
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 200000);
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 200000);
user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 100);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 32);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 8);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 8);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 4);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
// user_pref("network.http.request.max-start-delay", 5);

// Inline autocomplete
user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill", true);

wow, i dumped fasterfox for this :p, awsome thanks

hey I had some other lines also that I'd like to ask if they are now obsolete or not

user_pref("browser.turbo.enabled", true);

user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true); <--- increases speed when disabled?

user_pref("network.enableIDN", false);

user_pref("browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs", true);

user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000); <--- I have it at 750,000 instead of 200,000. What does that line do?

user_pref("extensions.dss.enabled", 1); <--- This doesnt work at all. I dont remember where I got the info to put that line (which is dynamic skin switch)

user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 5); <-- to load from cache?

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