Firefox config tips!

MonkeyFilter | Curious frustrated George: "finally, do you know about using 'about: config' to tweak the hidden settings in Mozilla, firefox, and safari? They increase browser speed immensely.

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum21/8007.htm

(from that usenet article)


'...To get started, type 'about:config' in your FireFox address bar. The settings you're looking for are:

1.) network.http.pipelining
2.) network.http.pipelining.firstrequest
3.) network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
4.) network.http.proxy.pipelining
5.) nglayout.ititialpaint.delay

Set #1, #2, and #4 to 'true'. Set #3 to a high number, like 32. Set #5 to 0.

Enabling the pipelining features allows the browser to make multiple requests to the server at the same time. The 'maxrequests' is the maximum number of requests it will send at once. I've heard that 8 is the most it will send at once, but setting it higher won't hurt, just in case. The initialpaint.delay is the length of time (in milliseconds) after the server response before the browser begins to paint the page.'
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