How to Speed Up Firefox by Making Pages Load Faster

Mozilla Firefox's browser is designed to function slower for the sake of dial-up users, but those of us with highspeed internet can alter the browser's settings to speed up Firefox and make pages load faster. To find out how to reconfigure Firefox for faster browsing, follow the steps detailed below.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Open a new tab or window and type in the address bar, "about:config". Hit enter. You may get a message warning you that your warranty could be void by making any changes that cause software instability. As long as you follow the instructions exactly in this how-to, you should be fine.

2. Type in the filter 'network.http.'. Search for the terms "network.http.pipelining", "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" and "network.http.proxy.pipelining". These are the items you will be making changes to.

3. Double-click "network.http.pipelining" and "network.http.proxy.pipelining" so that they both change from false to true. Double-click "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" and change the number to 8.

4. Type in the filter "plugin.expose_full_path". Double-click the item to change it to true.

5. Right-click anywhere on the page and select from the menu New > Integer. Enter the phrase "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and select OK. Then put the number 0 into the integer field and press OK. You can now exit from the about:config page.

[tracysmith159]

on 7/17/2009 Thanks YOU. I was worried when I saw the warning. I made sure to follow the steps exactly. Was very easy to follow the step and now I can surf the web much faster.
This will save me a bunch of time.