I've heard it said, here and other places, that Opera is the fastest browser available. It is fast - there's no denying that - but there are ways to make FireFox render pages every bit as quickly, with just a few easy "tweaks." I had thought these adjustments were pretty well-known, but it's beginning to seem as though they may not be. So I thought it was worthwhile to bring these "hidden settings" more into the light.

To get started, type "about:config" in your FireFox address bar. The settings you're looking for are:

1.) network.http.pipelining
2.) network.http.pipelining.firstrequest
3.) network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
4.) network.http.proxy.pipelining
5.) nglayout.initialpaint.delay

Set #1, #2, and #4 to "true". Set #3 to a high number, like 32. Set #5 to 0.

Enabling the pipelining features allows the browser to make multiple requests to the server at the same time. The "maxrequests" is the maximum number of requests it will send at once. I've heard that 8 is the most it will send at once, but setting it higher won't hurt, just in case. The initialpaint.delay is the length of time (in milliseconds) after the server response before the browser begins to paint the page.

Adjusting those settings will help pages render much faster in FireFox. In fact, my own observations have been that, tweaked in this manner, FireFox will render faster than Opera (and yes, I realize that others may experience different results).

 

 

 

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You can also build Firefox from source yourself, or download a pre-built executable which is optimized for your processor from MOOX Optimized Firefox & Thunderbird Builds. I have noticed marginal improvements in load time and render time on my crummy Pentium 3 desktop. Individual results may vary

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Your right. After finding that website, I immediately bookmarked it then downloaded it... It's really fast! God damn! Opera sucks! It dosen't render the pages correctly....

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i've heard about it.. but i haven't try it.. is it work well... Ok than i should try... i've ever found a good way how to modify your firefox source into better and fast web explorer.. the bad news is, i forgot to bookmark the site.. do you know where is it.. i found it on page 4 or 5 at google with keyword "Firefox advance source edit" but i could'nt find it anymore.

Although, opera is good and fast, firefoz can do it better if you're able to modify it...

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I also can't find it on google. Opera is fast but it does not render the pages correctly.

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I have do the same, now it's much faster
Opera it's fast but because indexing of pages, something like that, I don't know how to say this on english Anyone speek croatian?

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thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'll def do it tonight and tell the results.

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Thanks for all the info Spawn...I am very greatful to you for that. I will have to start downloading the addins to boost my FireFox Speed...

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