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[FONT="]I had a chance to test some Firefox browser tweaks that notably boosted the loading speed and performance of Firefox. The best part about these tweaks is that it's not only easy to do, but very easy to undo as well.
This is by no means a complete list and I have only chosen the ones that make sense to me. Some improvements I have observed from using these tweaks are:
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[/FONT][FONT="]To access the tweak entries below, type: about:config in your Firefox address bar:
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1. [/FONT][FONT="]network.http.pipelining[/FONT][FONT="] false to true
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This is by no means a complete list and I have only chosen the ones that make sense to me. Some improvements I have observed from using these tweaks are:
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[FONT="] Web pages/images load faster[/FONT]
Firefox feels lighter, more responsive, and new pages load instantly
Faster load when opening multiple tabs at once (10 in my case)
[FONT="] Firefox feels lighter, more responsive, and new pages load instantly
Faster load when opening multiple tabs at once (10 in my case)
[/FONT][FONT="]To access the tweak entries below, type: about:config in your Firefox address bar:
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1. [/FONT][FONT="]network.http.pipelining[/FONT][FONT="] false to true
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[FONT="]Pipelining is an application of the HTTP 1.1 protocol where multiple requests can be sent to a web server before any responses are received. Not all servers support it, but this will improve your browsing speed if youre on a high-latency (slow) connection. [/FONT]
[FONT="] 2. network.http.pipelining.maxrequests 4 to 8[/FONT]
[FONT="]With pipelining enabled, this preference specifies the maximum number of requests to make to a server at once. Raising the default value from 4 to 8 will speed up your requests to a server, but will cause a small delay if one of the requests fail. [/FONT]
[FONT="] 3. network.http.max-connections 30 to 96[/FONT]
[FONT="]This sets the total number of HTTP connections Firefox can make to a web server. The default value is 30 (raised for the previous default of 24), but if you have ample bandwidth, increase the number speed up the loading of multiple-tab bookmarks. [/FONT]
[FONT="] 4. network.http.max-connections-per-server 15 to 32[/FONT]
[FONT="]The default is 15, but you can raise it to increase the number of connections made to a single server. This is useful if youre planning on browsing a site while downloading many files from it at the same time.[/FONT]
[FONT="] 5. network.http.pipelining.ssl false to true[/FONT]
[FONT="]If youre encountering problems with pipelining enabled, the root of the problem may be a broken proxy server sitting between you and the target server. SSL (secure) sites dont have this problem, so this setting will let you turn on pipelining for those sites only, regardless of the other pipelining settings.[/FONT]
[FONT="]6. Add New Entry: nglayout.initialpaint.delay (right-click anywhere and select New > Integer) and set its value to 0. [/FONT][FONT="]T[/FONT]his setting determines how many milliseconds Firefox should wait before it starts to display the page contents.
[FONT="] ***To undo any of these tweaks and restore them to their original values, open about:config again and do the following:
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[FONT="] Change the values back manually yourself by right clicking entry and modify.
Right-click entry and click Reset. This will reset the entry to original value after time you restart Firefox.
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[FONT="]If you have other great tweaks you want to share, or you have experienced problems with a particular tweak, please feel free to comment.[/FONT] Right-click entry and click Reset. This will reset the entry to original value after time you restart Firefox.
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