EduTech Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 Hi EduGeekers, Dont know if this has been posted before by anyone.. so to do as the title says do the following: 1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries: network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests Normally the browser will make one request 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 the entries as follows: Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true" Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true" Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once. 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. Now you firefox web browser will really be on fire! James. Oh for all you Dial Up Users.. It may not help try getting Broadband 1
mattx Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 I love the warning message from FF3.0 RC1 when you get in the guts of it.... I won't spoil it for people...
EduTech Posted May 24, 2008 Author Posted May 24, 2008 I have never received any error messages doing this. does work, but never got any problems
Edu-IT Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 I have never received any error messages doing this. does work, but never got any problems When you type about:config it talks about dragons.
EduTech Posted June 17, 2008 Author Posted June 17, 2008 :S what the hell you being doing with FF about:config thats the command u put in the address bar Come on i had a Blonde, computer illiterate follow the insructions the other day haha u should be able to no problem James.
localzuk Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 :S what the hell you being doing with FF about:config thats the command u put in the address bar Come on i had a Blonde, computer illiterate follow the insructions the other day haha u should be able to no problem James. I think he's talking about the warning message which states 'Here be dragons'. @EduIT - you just need to click the confirmation button at the bottom of the warning.
EduTech Posted June 17, 2008 Author Posted June 17, 2008 oh right i see.. Sorry.. i am talking to him on msn anyhow so he knows i was been nice saying that above James. and tanks localz never come accross that lol James.
Edu-IT Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 I think he's talking about the warning message which states 'Here be dragons'. @EduIT - you just need to click the confirmation button at the bottom of the warning. I know, I was just explaining to Edu-Tech what mattx was talking about. Sorry I didn't explain myself enough.
EduTech Posted June 17, 2008 Author Posted June 17, 2008 Oh right i see lol. Thought that was the problem u was having James.
Andrew_C Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Does anyone know if the above tweaks work on FF3? I don't get a warning about dragons, just that my warranty might be void if I fiddle!
EduTech Posted June 17, 2008 Author Posted June 17, 2008 Yes it works for FF3 as i have already done it no problems James.
richard.thomas Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 FF3 seems so much faster anyway.. Think i'll leave it alone for awhile
Geoff Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Also be aware that using the above tweaks can put extra stress on webservers. Be considerate to your neighbourhood webmasters.
Pete10141748 Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 just done this, does seem to be faster, not that it was slow anyway
Domino Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 never mind about:config... what about about:mozilla - or about:robots 1
Edu-IT Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 never mind about:config... what about about:mozilla - or about:robots Wow! I'm still waiting to upgrade to the the final release. They've disabled updates!
tomlin Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Checking for updates inside FF will not work until after download day record attempt has finished. You can only upgrade by going directly to their website
RabbieBurns Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 just also found about:license about:buildconfig any others?
EduTech Posted June 18, 2008 Author Posted June 18, 2008 I take it not many people knew about the about: command in FF then :\ James.
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