Hacking Simultaneous Connection

To edit these settings, you can use the built-in about:config utility, add the entries to the bottom of your prefs.js, or add them to the user.js file. My preference is the latter because it makes it easier to update and manage all my tweaks and hacks without having to weed through all the other settings or screens.

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While performance is genuinely good for single-page browsing with default settings, loading multiple pages or loading pages with tons of supporting content, such as thumbnail images, may take some time to queue up and download. Moreover, if you have created a multipage bookmark or homepage or, like me, have JavaScript-triggered buttons to blast open 4 to 12 sites in tabs simultaneously, you know the importance of downloading all pages and page elements as fast as possible.

How To Speed Up Firefox

Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

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 recieves.

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