How to Speed up Mozilla Firefox (Method 2)

Speed up firefox via the advanced config

Here's the second method that you can follow to speed up Mozilla Firefox and adjust its default settings.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Computer
• Firefox
• 2 Minutes

1. Type about:config in the address bar then press enter key

   Open your Mozilla Firefox internet browser and type in "about:config" (without the quotation marks) and press the enter key

2. 

   You will next be directed to a screen saying that you can void your warranty... please note that this is a joke.... click the "I'll be careful, I promise" button to continue.

3. Click in the filter: dialog area and go to step 4

   Click inside the filter: dialog area and proceed to the following step.

4. type in network.http.pipe in the filter area to narrow down the results...

   Type in "network.http.pipe" (without the quotation marks) and you should see that the lower results were narrowed down to 2 entries...

5. doubleclick the line that is titled network.http.pipelining to change value to true

   Double-Click the line that is titled network.http.pipelining to change its value from false to true.

6. double-click the network.http.pipelining.maxrequests line to bring up dialog box

   Double-Click the next line that reads network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to bring up the dialogue box to change the value...

7. Change Value from 4 to 8, click ok then restart firefox

   Change the number from 4 to 8, then click OK. Close and Re-open firefox to apply your new changes...

   - FIN