How Do You Make Firefox 3 Run Faster?

You can speed up your Firefox 3 Web browser simply by changing a few of the program's settings. After you make the changes and restart Firefox, you'll notice that the program responds much faster whether you're navigating to a new site or refreshing a page you've already landed on. Follow these steps and start browsing faster today.

Instructions

1. Open a new page in Firefox. In the address bar type "about:config" and hit "Enter."

2. Select the button that says "I'll be careful, I promise." This brings up a table of data. The left-hand column is labeled "Preferences" and the far right-hand column is labeled "Value."

3. Scroll down to the entry in the "Preferences" column entitled "network.http.pipelining" and change its entry in the "Value" column to "true."

4. Find the entry in the Preferences column entitled "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" and change its entry in the Value column to "40."

5. Find the entry in the Preferences column entitled "network.http.proxy.pipelining" and change its entry in the Value column to "true."

6. Close this page of Firefox by clicking the "X" in the upper right-hand corner.

7. Close any other pages of Firefox that are running on your computer, and then restart the program in order for the changes to take effect. You should notice a faster response time after you restart Firefox.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't change anything else in your about:config screen. Doing so could cause Firefox to stop working properly or even stop working altogether.