Speeding Up FireFox

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Speeding Up FireFox

Post by :FI:Heloego » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:51 am

At least some of this info was posted by Willie some time back, but I ran across it in the recent (April '07) issue of CPU magazine and felt it needs to be shared again.

First, open FireFox and type "about:config" in the Address Bar and hit ENTER, which will display the equivalent of FireFox's Registry.

Next, type "http" in the Filter Field, click OK and this will display only those entries with "http" within them.

Then, do the following:

1. Change "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to "true" by double-clicking it .

2. Change "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to "8" by double-clicking on it and entering "8" in the pop-up window.

3. Change "network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server" to "8".

4. Change "network.http.max-connections" to "48".

5. Change "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to True".

6. Change "network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy" to "8".

7. Right-Click anywhere in the screen, and choose NEW>INTEGER. Enter the Preference Name as: nglayout.initialpaint.delay, click OK, then enter the value as "0" (that's Zero or Zed). Restart FireFox to enable the changes.

This should speed up the boot time and access to web pages.

It worked for me! :D
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Forgot to mention...

Post by :FI:Heloego » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:56 am

...that same issue of CPU also provided a link to a backup utility that saves all kinds of stuff in FireFox and Thunderbird. It's free-ware, and works!

Go here: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com

Saves a lot of time cutting/copying and pasting files.
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Post by AltarBoy » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:53 pm

Thanks, dude it works! :D
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Post by :FI:Murph » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:36 am

Link seems to be broken at the 'mo.
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Link Edited for Content!

Post by :FI:Heloego » Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:38 am

Sorry, m8! Edited the link and checked for accuracy and function.

It works now! :D
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Another from April CPU amg...

Post by :FI:Heloego » Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:43 am

...

Tired of using the Windows Taskbar?

You can't get rid of it, but you can keep it out of sight while using something nicer!

Go here:

http://www.punksoftware.com/

to get a FREE, quality, more configureable Taskbar.


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Post by AltarBoy » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:00 am

Thanks! As an appreciation you can have my pet crocodile! :lol:
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ONly if...

Post by :FI:Heloego » Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:03 am

...you send along a recipe, too. :D
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