Firefox users here's how you can make pages load faster

[MSgt213]

Note: Pages will on load faster if you have a broadband connection.

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.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!

[miss_kitty]

1. I did that a couple days ago

I have probably saved a day in waiting on loads!

Actually it's great. New pages load like they're cached already.
I did this though (default settings):
network.http.max-connections: 48 (24)

network.http.max-connections-per-server: 24 (8)

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 12 (4)

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 6 (2)

network.http.pipelining: true

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: 32 (4)

network.http.proxy.pipelining: true


I'll have to try the right click thinger at the end. Thanks!

[asthmaticeog]

3. Damn!

That works superbly - big thanks to the both of you!

[lpbk2713]

28. I changed mine a couple of days ago also

when this same tip was posted by Berserker in the "Computer Help and Support Group". I suggest all DUers give this group a look.

Here's a link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=242x1052

[T Roosevelt]

2. What about

network.http.pipelining.firstrequest (boolean)? Currently set to false...

[SHRED]

4. Sweet

Gracias amigo!

[name not needed]

5. Works great!

:bounce:

[Brundle_Fly]

6. cool & thanks!

[da_chimperor]

7. Smokin'!!

:smoke:

[Wheaty]

8. Oh Wow!!!

:yourock:

Thanks You Two.

It's like night and day.

:toast:

[cruadin]

9. Thanks, I notice an improvement already. n/t

[OldLeftieLawyer]

10. I just did what you recommended.............

.........and you and miss_kitty are now entitled to free legal advice for the rest of your lives.

:loveya:

[RevolutionaryActs]

11. Holy shit! That rocks hard core!

I love you. :loveya:

:yourock:

[Deja Q]

12. YUM YUM, GIVE ME SOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

[RC]

13. This works great with Netscape 7.2 also.

Thanks!

So why was this not setup like this out of the factory? Anyone know?

[lcooksey]

22. The settings are optimized for dial-up users

Trying to do 30 threads on a 26.4K line would just make things worse, since you're already using all the available bandwidth. You have a lot of room to grow with a 1.5Mb (or faster) broadband connection, so upping those numbers produces a big improvement in performance.

It might be good to have a dialog box during installation that asks what kind of connection you have and sets those values accordingly.

[steely]

14. Whoa, Nelly.

(we like it, we love it, we want more of it)

Thank you MSgt!

[CatWoman]

15. DUDE!!!!!!

YOU ROCK!!!!

:yourock:

[johnnie]

16. How come I can't find my

nglayout.initialpaint.delay entry?

On edit: Found it..Thanks for the tip

[Brundle_Fly]

18. you make that one yourself

[johnnie]

20. Thanks

I did do that, and then clicked OK. Then I couldn't find it. I created it again and clicked OK and then clicked OK again and it was there. :shrug:

[MSgt213]

19. Its not there you got to create that entry by right clicking any where

[Mojambo]

17. You, my friend

are a magnificent creature!

Great tip.

[DemGa]

21. Much faster, thanks!

[kick-ass-bob]

23. sumbitch!

This rocks! I'm bookmarking this so I can do it at home!

[Benhurst]

24. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I'd been reluctant to switch over because it seemed even slower than Micorsoft Ecplorer. Now it's mega times better! Bye, bye, Bill!
Thanks again!

[Allenberg]

25. Holy cow!

Works great!

[jukes]

26. my test

was "weather.com" which usu takes 10 mikes to load: instantaneous now!
so this worx even w/ a DSL connexion.

TX++, MSgt!! am nominating this 1...

[HamstersFromHell]

27. This also fixes problems with eBay...

...returning "Document contains no data" errors if your "My eBay" page is lengthy.

I'm supposing it can get requests in for all the different page segments before they time out as they were before.

Also works with ISDN (64k/128k) lines.

Thanks big time!!

:yourock: