Broadband and Firefox.

[Avengardh]

I found out that you can "turbo charge" your Firefox if you use broadband:

http://www.retechnologies.org/news.php?extend.26

I don't know how well it works yet, I've just recently done it, cool site though.

[mgb]

Nice, aven, it works awesome.

[mgb]

Here are the instructions:

If you have a broadband connection and use firefox this tweak is a must. Heck if you don't have firefox then you should switch to it anyway. Same goes for broadband.

These are just a few configuration tweaks that will give you a very noticeable boost in performance.

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.

[file cabinet]

I am pretty sure the maxrequests will still be 8 (even if you put it at a number above 8). I also posted a thread about this a bit ago.
http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?t=1183

[mgb]

Does it go there on default, because mine still shows 30. Either way it is faster.

[Avengardh]

I dunno, it's a little bit faster for me, and I suspected that someone else had posted about it before, but I didn't take the time to go look for the thread, glad it works for someone though ^^.

[file cabinet]

I dunno, it's a little bit faster for me, and I suspected that someone else had posted about it before, but I didn't take the time to go look for the thread, glad it works for someone though ^^.

I made the post awhile ago and it is a good tip, so it's a good repost.


Does it go there on default, because mine still shows 30. Either way it is faster.

to my understanding, setting it to any number > 7 means it will be interpreted as 8 internally[even though it may display 30].