Firefox.... faster??? Other browser users beware!

[Nathan J]

Hey all,

I just stumbled across a great way to improve Firefox's speed. You thought it was pretty good, now it smokes!

I tried this myself, so don't think I'm messing with you.

Note: In my version of Firefox (1.0 PR), there wasn't a "network.http.pipelining.firstrequest" in the list.


From "scoutt" on htmlforums.com:

making firefox run even faster

thought it couldn't be so huh?

I've heard it said, here and other places, that Opera is the fastest browser available. It is fast - there's no denying that - but there are ways to make FireFox render pages every bit as quickly, with just a few easy "tweaks." I thought it was worthwhile to bring these "hidden settings" more into the light.

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


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

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.

Happy surfing!

[Nathan J]

The post I found is from June '04

So, if you haven't already seen this modification.....

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Thanks Nathan! Call me Mr Zippy........ (c8



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[bpalermini]

Very cool, it makes a noticeable difference. Thanks!

Bob

[Mark Finley]

Interesting tips, although My Firefox doesn't have the firstrequest line on the config page. I changed the others, let's see if it does any good.

[Nathan J]

I think that was from older versions of Firefox -- the tip is several months old (much older than 1.0 PR).

It'll help on pipelining enabled servers... :P

Otherwise it's pretty cool...

whoa....I can tell a difference too.

Sweet!

OK ... the switch has been made to Firefox. Thankfully, I've used Mozilla, so I'm not having the IE withdrawals I would have had!!!!

Wow- I saw the difference immediately

[dovprst]

I don't see any difference.

[1stAGSt.JamesMo]

Hey,
All this talk about Firefox made me check it out. I am not disappointed. Consider me among the converted. Tabbed browsing is great compared to MS's window set-up!

Terry