Firefox users: Want quicker internet?

[Adam]

Helped someone out in chat with this so thought I would post it for anyone who wants it. To achieve faster internet loading try the following, and anyone who does please let me know if you noticed a difference. 1. Type about:config into the address bar and hit return. 2. Alter the entries as follows (by double clicking each entry): 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 6 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. 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. Hopefully you should notice some difference

[Tomdub]

I am the guy that i worked so great on in chat. it significantly speeds things up. Its pretty cool, i suggest trying it.

[Ynot]

hidden settings are hidden for a reason there are pro's & cons to altering the values the default settings (usually) are ideal for the average user I'd advise you read up on exactly what the settings do before fiddling as it can impact on your system, and the sites you connect to http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_9.html That said, the tweaks above certainly improve speeds if you have a broadband connection

[ninja9578]

An easier way: Go to apple.com and download Safari I wonder though, when Steve Jobs showed the speed test I'm sure that they used an unmodified Firefox, someone care to compare them with the Firefox speed ups?

[Replicon]

Yeah, if you go too far with those numbers, some sites might decide you're trying to DOS them.

[Adam]

Thats why the numbers are not too far, so sites dont think they are DOS attacks