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Speeding up page loads with FireFox [note: this is for broadband users only, these changes will affect dialup users in a negative way].

The difference I noticed after the changes was dramatic...

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 number 7.
This means it will make 7 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 receives.
If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages about 10% Faster.


I have mine set up like this, based on the post I read about this...

Set "network.http.max-connections" to "48"

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

Set "network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy" to "12"

Set "network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server" to "16"

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

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

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to "8".
Any more and you may get banned from the site visited, as it may be viewed as DOS attack. Try a higher value say upto "32" but be prepared to lower the value if sites fail to load.