OK. Here`s my contribution to the society:

I just learned this, and it works.

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.
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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 a maximum value of "8". But DO NOT set a number larger than that.

It`s about this thing called "pipelining". A fellow over there explained the thing:

A quote from polobunny - thanks dude.

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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 are using a broadband connection (whatever this means :) ) you would load pages MUCH faster.

Thanks to Kazauya and polobunny.

Tried that, never noticed any difference.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tulac @ Jun 4 2007, 09:52 PM) [snapback]292938[/snapback]</div>Maybe it`s because you have a fast connection. Mine is slow, and i felt the difference right away.

Did you try FasterFox?

Fasterfox - performance and network tweaks for Firefox.

• Prefetch Links
  Dynamic speed increases can be obtained with Fasterfox's unique prefetching mechanism, which recycles idle bandwidth by silently loading and caching all of the links on the page you are browsing.
• Tweak Network
  Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.
• Page Load Timer
  A millisecond accurate page load timer tests the effectiveness of your settings.
• Block Popups
  A popup blocker for popups initiated by Flash plug-ins is also included.
• Locales included for Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Frisian, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sev7en @ Jun 4 2007, 11:01 PM) [snapback]292947[/snapback]</div>I can give it a try.... I`ll check what kind of minimum system requirements has though...
Also I`m not sure if I want to stop the pop-ups, since some sites REQUIRE them - like yahoo games online, some download sites, etc.

EDIT: I`ll learn a bit more about it before installing it - right now my firefox is working great, and I usually spoil things when expeimenting with these sort of things. On the site it doesn`t say will it affect on the system memory firefox uses.

my firefox reboots computer and causes heavy errors :(. i think i will switch to firefox 1.something instead of this 2.0 thing.

i noticed explorer behaves normally...

To make Firefox work faster - use Opera. :)

I recently installed that browser and I think I'll be using it instead. It loads faster, works faster and even can mask as IE.

Indeed:

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#winspeed

I've never switched to 2.0. I'm still using 1.5, as I heard 2.0 is way too buggy. Been a while since it got out tough...

Until now v2 must have been somewhat beta and that's why FF didn't updated itself from v1 to v2, even though many people updated manually, but it will happen in a matter of weeks I heard. Hopefully they will have sorted out the most pressing "issues" I've heard about concerning v2.

Eventually you'll need to update, at least once you hear v2 is bug-free enough, because as vulnerabilities are solved in v2, but not in v1 which will be discontinued, they will be published and so every hacker will learn about them.

Still on 1.5 and there've been a couple of updates for this one too, I think it's 1.5.7, I won't mind the autupdating to v2.0 if all the plugins will work.

I would mind, cause the minimum system req. FF2 wants is 128 Mb RAM, and thats all I have (for now).

Why would someone even need a browser which take more memory than a normal process is way beyond me anyways... Why would you need 128 megs ram to run a notepad program? :huh:

If you're concerned about RAM you could change to Opera, you won't regret it. That was the reason I changed at the time with my old 64 MB machine, but now I find Opera way better in all aspects.

http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/386/

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Eagle of Fire @ Jun 5 2007, 11:06 PM) [snapback]293121[/snapback]</div>Tell me about it. I`ll give it a try with opera - I thought it was not free though - but I could be wrong...
It`s free right?
did this happened after you set the pipelining?

Yes Opera is completely free. Also it's never a bad idea to read the EULA if you want.

I've been on FF2 for a long while, and it's not given me problems. About the only problem is Adobe Acrobat reader hogging up resources when opening a .pdf in the browser, and I know it's just as slow and hoggy in IE.

IE didn't even work for months after IE7 came out as an update, and windows, for some reason, claims there's an IE error when trying to "Restore Active Desktop" after a problem.

FF does just fine for me, feels nicer, and all my plugins from 1.5 work.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Eagle of Fire @ Jun 5 2007, 07:13 PM) [snapback]293079[/snapback]</div>same here :max:

Yeah, Opera 9 is pretty good. :ok:

Firefox has always worked the best and been the fastest for me. O_o

Opera = evil.

"Hey, look, I can do tricks with my mouse! What the..ARGH! NO! I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT"

Preferences > uncheck "Enable mouse gestures" :rolleyes:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Japofran @ Jun 10 2007, 09:17 AM) [snapback]293767[/snapback]</div>What are you talking about exactly? (mouse gestures)

What Chainsoar was talking about, it's an Opera feature, I was saying how to disable it since he doesn't like it, but others will like it.

http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/mouse/

You can get a very similar thing in Firefox:

http://perso.orange.fr/marc.boullet/...nsions-en.html
(second extension in the list)

Actually, I found that almost all of the gestures on that list did exactly the same in Firefox, and with this extension you can customises them and there's a huge amount of different functions you can choose to do with gestures (though I only use a handful).

It's one of those things that's become second nature to me, I find myself making gestures on other people computers and having to snap out of it when I find it doesn't work. Just one of those things that slightly improves your computing life, like tabbed browsing or a mouse wheel.

I actually use mozzila Seamonkey. It is much nicer to use for me because it is firefox with a built in IRC and a more simple look. I reccomend checking it out.