Speeding up Firefox

mopar_man

Good time party boy
A friend just sent me this. This may be old news but it made a world of difference in the speed of my browser.

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 receives.
 
Dat's fasterer.... Now if I can figure out why it won't play a WMV file inside the browser anymore, i'll be all set.
 
I want it to open new window on middle click, but even after changing the settings it opens a tab. Grrrrrrr. I'm to old school for tabs, gimme a new window baby. Right click close window would be cool too.
"Scroll the mouse _all_ the way across the screen to the corner? Will the drudgery of this day never end?"

Good tips though. :)
 

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