Broken Hallelujah

Making FireFox Even Faster

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.ititialpaint.delay



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



Sure as hell worked for me.