Fire fox speed tweaks
 

found this on another forum. worked great for speeding up firefox, according to the 20 + replys, also theres an extension here the tweaks meant to be better though :shrug:
I'm still on IE so don't know, try it and see for yourself :tu: let us know

If you want to increase the speed of your browsing with Firefox, follow these simple directions:

Open Firefox.
Type "about:config" in the adress bar (no quotation marks).
Find these options, double click each one and change to below values:

network.http.max-connections: 48

network.http.max-connections-per-server: 24

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 12

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 6

network.http.pipelining: true

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: 32

network.http.proxy.pipelining: true

Close Firefox and enjoy the faster browsing.

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I remember I did this for ver 0.9, but I forgot all about it.

this does beat the Tweak Network Settings extension by far.

Thanks for reminding me.

ik

EDIT: This thing is flying now, it's as if I have went up a bandwidth, people you must try this instead of the extension.

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That extension just allows you to change the settings without going into "about:config".

Tried those settings and they do seem faster. Richard M showed us how to that earlier this year.

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just done it, and its a noticable diference

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true he did

ik

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It certainly is faster, thanks for that bopdude.

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Just passing on someone else's post, but your welcome anyways :tu:

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I gave you a greeny anyway.

ik

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hey I done it.
Without messing it up
cheers

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24 connections per server seems a little high and you may get problems if a server will not allow that many.
If it works though then go for it, I personally set mine to double the default because they are set up for everyone from 56k to LAN as standard. :tu:

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May i submit this: http://www.emilsoft.net/modules/prod...ct=firetweaker

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You can, and do I spot resemblance??

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Eh?

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I have to say that this may very well be the reason I've been waiting for to switch to Firefox. I've always found it to be slower than IE6, even the newest version but I've modded it as advised here and.....I'm quietly impressed ;)

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downquark1 posted some FireFox optimisations (customised user.js files for different system/net specs) way back in June in the FF0.9 thread.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...64&postcount=5

The attachment itself - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...achmentid=2416


They seem to work fine in FF version 1

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That program from the link i posted has definatly speeded up my browsing.

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I posted something like this a while ago, http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...062#post354062. Seems to work quite well.

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The bit about initial paint delay, that was in the earlier versions of Firefox, but wasn't it removed around version 0.9?

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Houston, we have a problem.
It appears that some of you guys may be killing the server. :(
We've been trying to trace the reason for Apache crashing regularly recently and I have to rule this out.

Can you please do us a favour and reduce the maximum connections to 16 or less, 8 is ideal.

So why is this killing the server?
Here's a good example:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20463

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no problem, will do as soon as I get back home.

these are the current (tweaked) settings

network.http.max-connections: 48

network.http.max-connections-per-server: 24

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 12

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 6

network.http.pipelining: true

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: 32

network.http.proxy.pipelining: true


- I presume it is the network.http.pipelining.maxrequests setting that needs lowering, but can anyone remember what the defaults were for the others?

Thanks :dozey:

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max connections or persistent connections?

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These two:
network.http.max-connections-per-server: 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 4

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Everyone switch to IE, then we will see :)

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You wouldn't need a browser speed up if you used Internet Explorer properly..

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Yes because there are so many ways you can use internet explorer :confused: :confused: :confused:

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Nope, I'd just need a lot of nerve before going online and exposing my computer to the web via what could be the world's most perforated browser. All the while being forced to view ads that don't interest me and popups that get in my way. I've had quite enough of using IE 'properly'. Now I use a proper browser instead.

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What exactly do you mean by "using it properly"? :confused:

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I think he means common sense!

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Guys, please sort this out asap because the server is going down due to too many connections.
Also reduce the pipelining connections to 8 or less (I have mine at 4).

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Has this jump just started or just got noticed? It's a little odd that people all adjusted their firefox at the same time.

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We have to rule things out.

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Done it - but let us know if its NOT that...

I have to wonder how much affect a select number of users who have performed this tweak will have, but i certainly dont want to be the cause of the site going down so im more than happy to do this.

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OK, it turns out that it was not this.
We've found the cause thanks to a specialist company that Frank hired.

Thanks for your help though guys. :tu:

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Ok then.........anyone know what the original values were?........I changed mine and now my connection is blisteringly fast but I can't bring up the rep box without crashing FF :dozey: :dunce:

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Default settings attached...

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Keep the settings and rep through IE :2cents: maybe a pain but the need for speed will out :D

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Tnx m8 :tu:
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I was considering that...............do you get the same prob?
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Just reset everything back to normal....still getting the problem with the rep box crashing FF :( ....any other ideas?

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proves the point of "If it aint broke dont fix it" well you fixed it and now it is broke :D. If your going to use IE for reps why not just use IE and forget FF

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I was always an IE fanboy but I decided to make a concerted effort to try FF and I really like it...............so I need to fix this problem.
The speed tweaks are very good otherwise.............FF is blisteringly fast with them.

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Try disabling all your extensions, it's going to be a process of elimination.

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You were right..it was the noscript extension :tu:
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So now I have superfast FF and the reps work! :nworthy:

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I just re-installed after my formatting, and yep I can rep, as you know ;) and super fast as well, what a browser, now to tweak a bit over the next week or so :tu: or untill I break it.. again lol