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Found a way to really speed up Firefox - I've implemented it and noticed serious speed improvements. Can anyone comment ?
- Type in the Firefox address about:config
- Accept the Warning notification and continue
- At the top of the page will be a filter – search for, and adjust, the following settings:
network.http.pipelining: true
network.http.proxy.pipelining: true
network.http.max-connections: 50
network.http.max-connections-per-server: 40
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 20
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 10
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: 20
- Then right-click anywhere in a blank space and select New –> Integer
- Name this integer “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to 0.
- Right-click again anywhere in a blank space and select New –> Boolean
- Name this boolean “config.trim_on_minimize” and set its value to True.
- Now in the Icon Tray, right-click on the Mozilla Firefox Icon and select Properties
- Under “Target”, you will see the line “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe”
- Change this line to “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” /Prefetch:1″
- Ensure that there is a space i.e. \firefox”(space)/Prefetch:1″
Got this off a website I found via Twitter (removed link; see history if you care...)
and why this isnt standard in the browser from day dot ? i mean i am seeing significant increases in loadtime - and therefore during development – None – 2009-07-02T13:59:01.890
They probably have a reason for it. Either security related or something else. Maybe the stability. – None – 2009-07-02T14:00:26.507
2this isn't a question... – faceless1_14 – 2009-08-19T20:42:27.567
1@faceless1_14, the question is in the third line. While this is a nice trick, he basically wants to know what the catch is. – Brandon – 2009-08-19T20:43:13.917