parallax
18-01-2005, 04:30 PM
Big props to MacGyver over at UER.CA for providing this insightful information.
From all accounts, it vastly speeds up internet (read:pr0n loading) browsing.
And yes Tu_Plang - it does work on a mac from what I've heard.:p
Someone showed this to me and I felt obligated to pass it on.
If you're on a fast internet connection and use Firefox regularly, you have probably noticed that page loads might feel a bit sluggish compared to IE running natively on windows XP. You probably shouldn't try these tweaks if you are on a slow internet connection lest you cause more trouble than good.
Load "about:config" by typint it into Firefox's address bar. Type "network:http" into the restriction box at the top of the page (or just scroll down and look for a bunch of parameters that begin with "network") and change these three:
Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true" (just double-click on "false" to do so)
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to 8
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.
Lastly right-click anywhere on the config page and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to 100. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. Setting this to an even lower value (like zero) will give a snappier, more responsive-feeling browsing experience, but page loading problems may begin to occur, such as a page having to be rendered multiple times because the browser began painting the page and had to start over due to complicated tables later in the source code or something.
If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!
From all accounts, it vastly speeds up internet (read:pr0n loading) browsing.
And yes Tu_Plang - it does work on a mac from what I've heard.:p
Someone showed this to me and I felt obligated to pass it on.
If you're on a fast internet connection and use Firefox regularly, you have probably noticed that page loads might feel a bit sluggish compared to IE running natively on windows XP. You probably shouldn't try these tweaks if you are on a slow internet connection lest you cause more trouble than good.
Load "about:config" by typint it into Firefox's address bar. Type "network:http" into the restriction box at the top of the page (or just scroll down and look for a bunch of parameters that begin with "network") and change these three:
Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true" (just double-click on "false" to do so)
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to 8
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.
Lastly right-click anywhere on the config page and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to 100. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. Setting this to an even lower value (like zero) will give a snappier, more responsive-feeling browsing experience, but page loading problems may begin to occur, such as a page having to be rendered multiple times because the browser began painting the page and had to start over due to complicated tables later in the source code or something.
If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!