Date: 08/05/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: software, browser, web

If you are interested in putting more pep into your Firefox browser, start tweaking your software as follows:

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit Return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

a. network.http.pipelining
b. network.http.proxy.pipelining
c. network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter above entries as follows:

a. Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true" (clicking the entry twice)
b. Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true" (clicking the entry twice)
c. Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 8. This means it will make 8 requests at once. The default is 4. Do not exceed over 8, since this is the maximum allowed; a higher number will not make the browser any faster.

3. Lastly, right-click anywhere and select New->Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. If you are using a broadband connection you'll load pages much faster now. For those of you who are using a dial-up connection you will notice a slight speed increase.

Drive carefully,

Omar.-

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/303591.html