Make Firefox Faster

[aeria.]

This is a small trick that you can use to make Firefox even faster than it is now! It works on all Mozilla-Based Browsers (Camino, Songbird, etc..)

It's quite simple as I will explain here. I've even added pictures for the ones who can't follow directions.  :biggrin:

1. Type in about:config. This will appear:

Just say yes to it, but don't do anything stupid during the next steps.

2. Add this to the filter: network.http.pipelining. We're going to change this from FALSE to TRUE.

3. Change the maxrequests to something bigger, like 30.


Follow Red's tricks, too:

Guise, you aren't going to utilize the full potential of that unless you up your http connections.

Go to about:config and filter "network.http"

change "max.connections" to a maximum of 50 (any more and it slows, I have it at 42).
change "max.connections.per.server" to something along the lines of 18-30. (24 for me)
change "max.persistent.connections.per.server" to something like 6-14. (8 Here)

This will help enormously when loading multiple tabs.

4. That's it! You're a genius! Go tell your friends and your family of your accomplishment.

[Rexy]

OK can you tell me how to make them get set? I did all that stuff (backwards). How does it get fast now?

[eska]

It just generally works faster, and loads pages faster than it originally would.

*Stickied*

[aeria.]

Yeah, that's exactly what it's supposed to do and it works.

[aeria.]

This wasn't a serious topic XD I made it out of boredom.

[Krats Ynot]

So..... If this is faster, why doesn't Firefox just come like this?

[Led]

The post before your said it wasn't a serious topic.  Also, its a couple of years old.  I would bet there have been a few versions of firefox since then.

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