TIP - FireFox Browser Speedup

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> * Run Firefox? Have broadband? Here's Speed Tips
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>Here's something for broadband people that will really speed up
>Firefox:
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>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. If you're using a broadband
>connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!
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Interesting. Does seem a little zippier. :)

Thanks for the tip!
 

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Some of those should actually work in Mozilla 1.x as well.


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AWESOME TIP! wow I have a very noticeable differnece in load time.
Thanks much Kaith
 

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Kaith Rustaz said:
> * Run Firefox? Have broadband? Here's Speed Tips


>
>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.
If you just double click them they change from "false" to "true" automatically.
 

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As I navigate this site using FireFox tonight, I get slow page loads and my browser says, in the lower left-hand corner:

Connecting to www.speadfirefox.com...

I know MartialTalk isn't doing this to me...what is FireFox doing? I don't see it on other sites, and only see it here when I go to post a reply to a message and am waiting for the box to appear for me to type in.
 

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I'm trying this and get an error message saying "about.config could not be found. Please check the name and try again"
What should I do?

Arni ~ I get the same thing sometimes with the spreadfirefox.com in the lower left corner... ???
 
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Looks like the Spreadfirefox fite is down.

I'm trying this and get an error message saying "about.config could not be found. Please check the name and try again"
What should I do?

Don't type "about.config" type "about:config"
 

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What I don't get is why it's going there in the first place...I'm certainly not asking it to do so. Is this built-in to the browser?
 

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arnisador said:
What I don't get is why it's going there in the first place...I'm certainly not asking it to do so. Is this built-in to the browser?
It's loading the button at the bottom of the page...
 
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I'm not seeing a speed issue on this end at the moment, except when theres an error in the ad server at the top. I'm working on that issue.
 

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arnisador said:
Ah, OK, thanks! Do you know if that can be disabled? It's a real slowdown right now.
You could try AdBlocking spreadfirefox.com. That would skip the download.
 

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