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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Vertigo1 on December 04, 2004, 07:46:16 pm

Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Vertigo1 on December 04, 2004, 07:46:16 pm: I've been using this tweak for some time, but don't recall if I ever shared it with you folks. (or if I did, it was a long long time ago)

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1. Type "about:config" in the address field.
2. Set the value of network.http.pipelining to "true".
3. Set the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to "100".
4. Set the value of network.http.proxy.pipelining to "true"
5. Set the value of nglayout.initialpaint.delay to "0"

If the variable isn't there, you'll have to create it yourself. To my knowlege, only "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" isn't in Mozilla by default. (for those of you that have to create it, keep in mind that it uses an integer value so you'll have to use the integer option.)

To add a variable, all you have to do is right-click (anywhere in the variable listing) and select new. Pick the type of variable, and then give it a name and value. All changes take place immediately.
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Thorn on December 04, 2004, 08:56:37 pm: Holy **** it is faster.
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Goober5000 on December 04, 2004, 09:44:42 pm: Crap. I made the nglayout a string by accident. How do I change it?

EDIT: Found out how to delete the entry by editing prefs.js and made a new entry.
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: WMCoolmon on December 04, 2004, 10:55:09 pm: Wow. It's even faster than IE now.

Thanks Vertigo. :)
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: MatthewPapa on December 04, 2004, 11:38:41 pm: Are there any drawbacks?
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Nuke on December 04, 2004, 11:49:55 pm: hey, it workes, so what t=did i just sacrifice for this speed?
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: WMCoolmon on December 04, 2004, 11:57:24 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Nuke
hey, it workes, so what t=did i just sacrifice for this speed?

The ability to make posts without typos? :p ;)
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: spaceman spiff on December 05, 2004, 12:55:27 am: that's crazy go nuts man! it uber fast!
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Grug on December 05, 2004, 02:02:46 am: Awsome, at first I couldn't get it to work because of the space that is automatically added in because of the ":" but figured it out, and now pages load heaps faster.

Thanks mate. :D

BTW, have you got a fix for scrolling lag?
If you goto www.bungie.net and try scrolling, it acts as if its trying to move a bus...
Is that fixable or is that their web code?

Thanks again for the tip!
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Sandwich on December 05, 2004, 02:44:15 am: w007s0rz!
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Zuljin on December 05, 2004, 02:55:39 am: Yay.
Thanks :D
Title: Umm
Post by: Getter Robo G on December 05, 2004, 06:06:45 am: I took the post at face value so I copy and pasted "about:config" in the address area knowing it wouldn't work... (not valid URL)

Next I open options in toolbar and I did not find a config area or tab (unless this goes under proxies?)

Can you be a little more specific on where, how this tweak is implimented? Pretend the people reading this are computer literate enough only to download and auto install Firefox.. Thanks!
;)
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Sandwich on December 05, 2004, 06:13:28 am: It's not http://about:config if that's what you did. Just plain about:config ("about:config").
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Aspa on December 05, 2004, 06:19:19 am: It's '"about:config" without any spaces, not "about :config" or "about: config"
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Grug on December 05, 2004, 07:41:30 am: For some wierd reason the space is put there automatically...
I did mention that in my post...
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Falcon on December 05, 2004, 08:30:27 am: Works for me.
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Hippo on December 05, 2004, 09:15:20 am: I love you!
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Rictor on December 05, 2004, 02:28:22 pm: uh, its causing my mouse to lag ever so slightly. And I don't really notice any apparent speed-up (using Mozilla, not Firefox.)
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Galemp on December 05, 2004, 02:32:56 pm: hmm, it does seem faster. Heh.
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Dunbar on December 05, 2004, 04:22:36 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Nuke
hey, it workes, so what t=did i just sacrifice for this speed?

You don't sacrifice anything, but if the website/server is improperly coded it can bring down the whole website/server.
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Sandwich on December 05, 2004, 04:41:14 pm: I presume that's because of the max connections being bumped up to 100? Personally, I only bumped it up to 32.
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: .::Tin Can::. on December 05, 2004, 04:56:07 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Rictor
uh, its causing my mouse to lag ever so slightly. And I don't really notice any apparent speed-up (using Mozilla, not Firefox.)

Yeah, me either.
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Grey Wolf on December 05, 2004, 05:23:07 pm: Suprisingly, I've noted an increase when running on a 56k line (Firefox 1.0, in case you're wondering).
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: .::Tin Can::. on December 05, 2004, 05:29:43 pm: I guess I need to upgrade from Mozilla 7.1 then. :D

When they made the Mozilla Firebird, I didn't like it, so I wasn't in a big hurry to get Firefox. It looks neat now. I'll go ahead and grab it. :)
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: MicroPsycho on December 05, 2004, 08:46:29 pm: impressive

got any more tricks?
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: ChronoReverse on December 05, 2004, 10:28:53 pm: Meh, I already had this turned on :P

Except I'm lazy and just installed the extension "Tweak Network Settings".

That way, I can switch it back to normal with a few clicks if necessary.
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: mitac on December 06, 2004, 11:16:33 am: Is it only me, or does anybody else see no difference at all?
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: übermetroid on December 06, 2004, 09:01:28 pm: cool
Title: Speed tweak for Mozilla/FireFox users
Post by: Vertigo1 on December 07, 2004, 06:58:27 pm: The tweak is geared for those on broadband, but it definitely works for those on dial-up as well. (atleast it did for me....)