hey metranon-- about firefox

Lenardo · 01-16-2005, 06:21 PM

try this to speed up firefox

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 15. This means it will make 15 requests at once.(edit the article said 30 but i cut it down to 15 and it still works fast)
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 receives. If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!

Metranon · 01-16-2005, 07:12 PM

i dont even have firefox installed right now but i copied your advice to a text file in case i get fed up with internet explorer again

thanks bro

Dokomo · 01-16-2005, 07:15 PM

good advice too, think it's cut my load times by about 25%

Luthair · 01-17-2005, 08:21 AM

Kinda hammers an HTTP server making up to 15 requests at once though.

revco_38 · 01-17-2005, 09:22 AM

Thanks! That helped a lot! Excellent instructions as well.

Severak · 01-17-2005, 09:47 AM

Awesome advice, really helped me out, thanks man

Kreugen · 01-17-2005, 10:18 AM

Now make it stop popping up error messages that I have to press "ok" to.

If only myie2/maxthon hadn't turnedinto a crash happy piece of shit over the last few months I woulden't have to deal with firefox. Hopefully MS will get off their asses and put tabbed browsing into IE.

Luthair · 01-17-2005, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kreugen
Now make it stop popping up error messages that I have to press "ok" to.

If only myie2/maxthon hadn't turnedinto a crash happy piece of shit over the last few months I woulden't have to deal with firefox. Hopefully MS will get off their asses and put tabbed browsing into IE.

Might want to check the Mozilla forums and see if anyone else has the same issue you do.

MyIE2/Maxthon and Avant are based on IE so they're still as vunerable as IE to misc. crap.

Kreugen · 01-17-2005, 11:19 AM

Its awefully hard to get infected by misc crap if you don't automatically download activex by default or something equally retarded. I have no issues other than the goddamn thing crashing so much now. The older versions were much better.

Oh, on a side note, is there a browser that ESPN.com can't crash? I think not! It even brought down the mighty konquerer. Sad times.

Furism · 01-17-2005, 01:52 PM

Internet Explorer sucks. Here's why (kind of old but still valid).

Sanchek · 01-17-2005, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lenardo
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 receives. If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!

This one is common, but misleading. It might seem to do something faster, but it will always slow the total load time since you force it to re-flow the page multiple times per load.

01-16-2005, 06:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lenardo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,225 -4 Internets	hey metranon-- about firefox try this to speed up firefox 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 15. This means it will make 15 requests at once.(edit the article said 30 but i cut it down to 15 and it still works fast) 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 receives. If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!

01-16-2005, 07:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dokomo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Buffalo Grove, IL Posts: 746 +2 Internets	good advice too, think it's cut my load times by about 25% __________________ 70 Mage - Paradigm - Echo Isles

01-17-2005, 09:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
Severak Internet Loser for life :/ Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 392 -1 Internets	Awesome advice, really helped me out, thanks man __________________ Here's to you, twiztid_420, the champion of the 2005 posters. Bravo.

01-17-2005, 01:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
Furism Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,118 +3 Internets	Internet Explorer sucks. Here's why (kind of old but still valid). __________________ - Furism

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01-16-2005, 07:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Metranon Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 1,599 +0 Internets	i dont even have firefox installed right now but i copied your advice to a text file in case i get fed up with internet explorer again thanks bro

01-17-2005, 08:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
Luthair Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 884 +1 Internets	Kinda hammers an HTTP server making up to 15 requests at once though.

01-17-2005, 09:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
revco_38 Moderate Toaster Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: TX Posts: 68 +0 Internets	Thanks! That helped a lot! Excellent instructions as well.

01-17-2005, 10:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
Kreugen Fires of Heaven Ancient Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,692 +40 Internets	Now make it stop popping up error messages that I have to press "ok" to. If only myie2/maxthon hadn't turnedinto a crash happy piece of shit over the last few months I woulden't have to deal with firefox. Hopefully MS will get off their asses and put tabbed browsing into IE.

01-17-2005, 11:19 AM	#9 (permalink)
Kreugen Fires of Heaven Ancient Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,692 +40 Internets	Its awefully hard to get infected by misc crap if you don't automatically download activex by default or something equally retarded. I have no issues other than the goddamn thing crashing so much now. The older versions were much better. Oh, on a side note, is there a browser that ESPN.com can't crash? I think not! It even brought down the mighty konquerer. Sad times.