firefox speed tip

Has Any one tried this for speed increase. On the address bar type" about:config scroll down to Http:// pipeline double click to change to true then scroll down to http:// pipeline maxrequest double click change number to 30 then on the http:// pipeline proxy double click change true then right click anywhere select new interg name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay then in the value window change to 0 close browser restart. what difference in speed this made for me .I read this on Forevergeeks.com/open_source/fixing_firefox_slow_downs.php

 

Fasterfox plugin will do that for you in a nice GUI way along with other tweaks.

 

I tried Fasterfox a couple of years ago. I didn't like it. I don't have a cache on Fx and you have to have one if you use Fasterfox.

 

Firstly the Max value that will work is 8 (default is 4)...

Also be careful with changing this setting as you may reduce performance - Pipelining increases lag of first connection loading and also causes retries to take longer as entire pipeline has to be cleared before retrying.

I do use pipelining, but only with the default value of 4.

 

I agree with you on the pipelinesetting however since this change my high speed cable is faster then ever and so far the sites I visit never opened so fast.

 

I used that manual speed tweak for FF when I first started using the browser.
It worked for me.

 

Thanks for the tip! I couldnt imagine firefox working faster after I switched from adblock plus to hostsman server, but your tip made browing even faster

 

Has anyone got any advise on FF loading faster? Aside from eliminating extensions...
Sometimes FF take sooo long to load.

...screamer

 

Hi Guys,

Totally agree with Arup, 'Faster Fox' is great easy way to speed up FF.

Take Care
Rico

 

Glad I saw this thread. I have always had my suspicions that Fasterfox was not really doing anything - so earlier today I removed it. Can't see that it has ever delivered - Perhaps that's because my broadband connection is good, who knows ?

 

My FF takes 10 seconds to load on an initial bootup. After I turn it off while still in the same boot, and later turn it back on, it takes 5 seconds. IE takes 4 seconds because it's loaded into the OS, so it will take a shorter time to load. I mean 10 seconds is how long it takes to breathe in and out twice.

 

@screamer - You could try the Firefox Preloader.

I also found this tip and heres a tip on using WinXP's prefetcher.

I havent tried any of these btw.

 

As for using another program to make another one work more efficiently seems wrong to me. But I guess a "patch" is essentially the same thing.

 

I tried Firefox Preloader. It runs in the systray and needs to be turned off in addition to FF any time you do terminate FF. I didn't find much of a loading improvement. It was actually a pain because I kept forgetting about it and wondering why I kept being asked to Close Firefox.

thanks!

...screamer

I'll try the prefetch:1 trick, seems simple enough,

 

Just tried the Prefetch:1 tip...it worked fine, firefox loads faster on my laptop

 

Here's a long thread of tips including ones for speed. The thread was started in April of this year and is on-going.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18130114-FireFox-Tweaking-Firefox-for-Fun-Speed

 

Hi Guys,

Hmmm, I wonder if there is a major diff btwn 'Grail Knights' Settings & 'FasterFox'? Grail Knights would add 8 lines currently not in my about:config, 9 values to change, while 4 values matched.

Not clear from 'How to modify hidden preferences using about:config"

1. Can you copy about:config in case of that rare screw up?

2. How do you delete an added line? Do you highlight & delete?

Take Care
Rico

 

iirc about:config changes the values in the prefs.js file. So...

1. Just back up the prefs.js file (its in your Firefox profile folder).

2. Open prefs.js with Notepad or similar, and delete the added line.

 

You want to copy the prefs.js file located in your Profile Folder. You are better off making a copy of the entire profile folder and store it away in case you need it.

To delete an added line you just remove it from the user.js file that you created if you followed the instructions in the first post of GrailKnight' thread at DSLR.

Afterwards you would type about:config in the url bar (Enter) filter to the added line and right-click reset. If the code was part of Fx from the start you would just double-click the value and change it back to the default value.

As I have said the links to tweaking and using the user.js are in the thread.
You have to go through and read the posts.

 

How long it takes to load depends on how many tabs it is loading from the previous session. My usually loads 30-50 tabs so it takes several minutes because invariably one, or more, of the tabs will be slow to load (usually i.dslr.net). Fasterfox has nothing to do with how fast or slow Fx loads. IE will load fast because unless you have that awful IE7 or use Maxthon IE has no tabs to load so of it is fast to load.

 

Why is IE7 awful MMC?

IE is preloaded by the OS which is why it loads faster.

 

Copied the tweaks into my user.js file, man whata difference. Almost like a different browser.

Between this and Prefetch 1, I'm a happy man

...screamer

 

This is the same as my settings and Firefox is one fast browser now

 

Hi Guys,

I uninstalled FasterFox, added the tweaks to user.js, & did the prefetch:1. Wow very nice. Thank You Grail Knights

Take Care
Rico

 

And lastly... for a faster browser without any overloads on plugin... try Opera, and it's a safe one too.

I use FFox (non-default basis), with FasterF bolted. I had Opera on standby too. But i won't mind a few seconds of slowness from my FFox as long as it was safer than IE!