How to Double Firefox Speed

Firefox is in my opinion the best browser ever made until now. It includes: -improved tabbed browsing -pop up bloc ing -integrated !oggle search -enhanced privacy controls -built-in phishing protection -online spell chec ing -lots of themes" interfaces" and extensions#addons $o%illa Firefox officially supports: -$icrosoft &indows -'inux -$ac (S ) *nofficial Support: -Free +SD -(S#, -Solaris -S y(S -+e(S -)- -rofessional x./ 0dition 1ow here are some 2ips32ric s that can help you double the speed of Firefox. 4. 2ype about:config in the address bar and then press 0nter.

,. In the filter search bar type networ .http.pipelining. +e sure the value field is set true"if not double-clic to set true.

H22- is the application-layer protocol that most web pages are transferred with. In H22- 4.4" multiple re5uests can be sent before any responses are received. 2his is nown as pipelining. -ipelining reduces page loading times" but not all servers support it.

6. !o bac to the filter search bar and type networ .http.pipelining.maxre5uests. Double-clic this option and set its value to 7.

/. In the filter search bar and type networ .http.proxy.pipelining. (nce opened doubleclic on it and set it to true.

8. In I-v.-capable D1S servers" an I-v/ address may be returned when an I-v. address is re5uested. It is possible for $o%illa to recover from this misinformation" but a significant delay is introduced. 2ype networ .dns.disableI-v. in the filter search bar and set this option to true by double clic ing on it.

.. 9(12012 I120::*-2 -;:SI1! 2his preference controls if the application will interrupt parsing a page to respond to *I events. It does not exist by default. :ight-clic <;pple users ctrl-clic = anywhere in the about:config window" select 1ew and then +oolean from the pop-up menu. 2hen:

;. 0nter content.interrupt.parsing in the 1ew boolean value pop-up window and clic (>

+. &hen prompted to choose the value for the new boolean" select true and clic (>.

?. :ather than wait until a page has completely downloaded to display it to the user" $o%illa applications will regularly render what has been received to that point. 2his option controls the maximum amount of time the application will be unresponsive while rendering pages. :ight-clic <;pple users ctrl-clic = anywhere in the about:config window" select 1ew and then Integer from the pop-up menu.

;. 0nter content.max.to eni%ing.time in the 1ew integer value pop-up window and clic (>

+. @ou will be prompted to enter a value. 0nter ,,8AAAA and clic (>.

7. 9(12012 1(2IF@ I120:B;' 2his option sets the minimum amount of time to wait between reflows. :ight-clic <;pple users ctrl-clic = anywhere in the about:config window" select 1ew and then Integer from the pop-up menu.

;. 2ype content.notify.interval in the 1ew integer value pop-up window and clic (>.

+. @ou will be prompted to enter a value. 0nter ?8AAAA and clic (>.

C. 9(12012 1(2IF@ (12I$0: ;. 2his option sets if to reflow pages at an interval any higher than that specified by content.notify.interval. :ight-clic <;pple users ctrl-clic = anywhere in the about:config window and select 1ew and then +oolean from the pop-up menu.

+. 2ype content.notify.ontimer in the 1ew boolean value pop-up window and clic (>.

9. @ou will be prompted to choose the value for the new boolean. Select true and clic (>.

4A. 1otify +ac offcount 2his option controls the maximum number of times the content will do timer-based reflows. ;fter this number has been reached" the page will only reflow once it is finished downloading. :ight-clic <;pple users ctrl-clic = anywhere in the about:config window and select 1ew and then Integer from the pop-up menu.

;. 0nter content.notify.bac offcount in the 1ew integer value pop-up window and clic (>.

+. @ou will be prompted to enter a value. 0nter 8 and clic (>.

44. 9(12012 S&I29H 2H:0SH('D @ou can interact with a loading page when content.interrupt.parsing is set to true. &hen a page is loading" the application has two modes: a high fre5uency interrupt mode and a low fre5uency interrupt mode. 2he first one interrupts the parser more fre5uently to allow for greater *I responsiveness during page load. 2he low fre5uency interrupt mode interrupts the parser less fre5uently to allow for 5uic er page load. 2he application enters high fre5uency interrupt mode when you move the mouse or type on the eyboard and switch bac to low fre5uency mode when you had no activity for a certain amount of time. 2his preference controls that amount of time. :ight-clic <;pple users ctrl-clic = anywhere in the about:config window and select 1ew and then Integer from the pop-up menu.

;. 0nter content.switch.threshold in the 1ew integer value pop-up window and clic (>.

+. @ou will be prompted to enter a value. 0nter ?8AAAA and clic (>.

4,. 1!';@(*2 I1I2I;'-;I12 D0';@ $o%illa applications render web pages incrementally" they display whatDs been received of a page before the entire page has been downloaded. Since the start of a web page normally doesnDt have much useful information to display" $o%illa applications will wait a short interval before first rendering a page. 2his preference controls that interval. :ightclic <;pple users ctrl-clic = anywhere in the about:config window and select 1ew and then Integer from the pop-up menu.

;. 0nter nglayout.initialpaint.delay in the 1ew integer value pop-up window and clic (>.

+. @ou will be prompted to enter a value. 0nter A and clic (>.