Fire fox speed tweaks - Page 2

MadGamer · 02-01-2005, 23:29

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

Strzelecki · 02-01-2005, 23:51

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

Mal · 02-01-2005, 23:57

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Originally Posted by Strzelecki

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

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

Richard M · 04-01-2005, 15:08

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

Quote:

"#13 Great little tips, but only one problem, and that's that you're breaking servers by doing this. 3-5 requests is fine, but trying to do 30 requests at once puts some strain on the server. If two people try to access the same page at once with this set, that's 60 connections. Most httpd's are set to cut off after there are 100 connections made. So, 4 people with this set could not access the same site. I urge you to think things through before setting something like this and killing the websites you browse."

04-01-2005, 15:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard M

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

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

downquark1 · 04-01-2005, 16:01

max connections or persistent connections?

Richard M · 04-01-2005, 16:08

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

**Paul** · 04-01-2005, 16:46

Everyone switch to IE, then we will see

Zest · 04-01-2005, 16:47

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

downquark1 · 04-01-2005, 16:48

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Originally Posted by Zest

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

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

**Chris** · 04-01-2005, 17:20

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Originally Posted by Zest

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

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.

nffc · 04-01-2005, 18:52

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Originally Posted by Zest

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

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

MadGamer · 04-01-2005, 18:55

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Originally Posted by nffc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zest

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

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

I think he means common sense!

Richard M · 04-01-2005, 19:08

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).

downquark1 · 04-01-2005, 19:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard M

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).

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