Firefox tweak for Broadband users.

[cultureofgreed]

(taken from http://www.notebookforums.com which is a great site guys!)

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 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 recieves.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages 2-3 times faster now.

[dingo]

The flip side of the coin, from Asa Dotzler:

http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007164.html

[cultureofgreed]

Originally Posted by dingo

The flip side of the coin

Originally Posted by asa

"Yes, enabling HTTP pipelining can dramatically improve networking performance. The downside, and the reason it's not enabled by default, is that it can prevent Web pages from displaying correctly. If you've enabled this, and you find pages that aren't displaying correctly, please don't blame Firefox or the Web developer."

Whoa, thanks for that link. I personally have been using this tweak for about 2 weeks and have yet to come across a site that does not load correctly. The lesson here, like most computer advice, is your mileage may vary!