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Hello Group....
I am wondering is there anyway a newbie could tweak Firefox to run at
its peak? I hope I am not opening a can of worms. But while monitoring
Yahoo chat help I over heard a guy mention about some setting that he
used and it improved the speed of firefox. I never got a chance to ask
him what he did. The tweaking he done was in Firefox and not windows.

Thanks in advance....
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Ron...

Ron wrote:
> Hello Group....
> I am wondering is there anyway a newbie could tweak Firefox to run at
> its peak? I hope I am not opening a can of worms. But while monitoring
> Yahoo chat help I over heard a guy mention about some setting that he
> used and it improved the speed of firefox. I never got a chance to ask
> him what he did. The tweaking he done was in Firefox and not windows.
>
> Thanks in advance....

Is this what you mean (#5):

http://wikiserver.freenethelp.org:14...edingUpFreenet

This could also be added by going to "about:config" and adding the value
specified.

Ron wrote:
> Hello Group....
> I am wondering is there anyway a newbie could tweak Firefox to run at
> its peak? I hope I am not opening a can of worms. But while monitoring
> Yahoo chat help I over heard a guy mention about some setting that he
> used and it improved the speed of firefox. I never got a chance to ask
> him what he did. The tweaking he done was in Firefox and not windows.
>
> Thanks in advance....


Probably pipeling and the paint delay.

Tweaking the paint delay pref is not really effective, it just make the
page look like its loading faster, you don;t get content any quicker, at
least in my testing.

Pipelining can increase speed, but not every server supports it. If you
want to try it, type about:cofig into the location bar. In the filter
field, type pipe.

If you have a direct connection to the internet, look for:

network.http.pipelining

Toggle the value to true.

If you have a proxy, look for:

network.http.proxy.pipelining

Same value setting.

I'm on a cable connection, I don't really notice any difference. It may
well be worth something on dial up, but note that not all servers allow it.

Lee

Leonidas Jones wrote:
> Ron wrote:
> > Hello Group....
> > I am wondering is there anyway a newbie could tweak Firefox to run
at
> > its peak? I hope I am not opening a can of worms. But while
monitoring
> > Yahoo chat help I over heard a guy mention about some setting that
he
> > used and it improved the speed of firefox. I never got a chance to
ask
> > him what he did. The tweaking he done was in Firefox and not
windows.
> >
> > Thanks in advance....
>
>
> Probably pipeling and the paint delay.
>
> Tweaking the paint delay pref is not really effective, it just make
the
> page look like its loading faster, you don;t get content any quicker,
at
> least in my testing.
>
> Pipelining can increase speed, but not every server supports it. If
you
> want to try it, type about:cofig into the location bar. In the filter

> field, type pipe.
>
> If you have a direct connection to the internet, look for:
>
> network.http.pipelining
>
> Toggle the value to true.
>
> If you have a proxy, look for:
>
> network.http.proxy.pipelining
>
> Same value setting.
>
> I'm on a cable connection, I don't really notice any difference. It
may
> well be worth something on dial up, but note that not all servers
allow it.
>
> Lee

*Personally*, I like making the above changes through the user.js file
vs. direct changes through about:config -- I usually make multiple
changes at one time and forget what I changed or just plain forget, so
having all the changes in one place makes undoing them easy.

Just personal preference I guess. Although, I guess it's easier for a
new user to play around with about:config than it is to figure out how
to use a file that doesn't exist
--
Brian

...brian.. wrote:
> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>
>>Ron wrote:
>>
>>>Hello Group....
>>>I am wondering is there anyway a newbie could tweak Firefox to run
>
> at
>
>>>its peak? I hope I am not opening a can of worms. But while
>
> monitoring
>
>>>Yahoo chat help I over heard a guy mention about some setting that
>
> he
>
>>>used and it improved the speed of firefox. I never got a chance to
>
> ask
>
>>>him what he did. The tweaking he done was in Firefox and not
>
> windows.
>
>>>Thanks in advance....
>>
>>
>>Probably pipeling and the paint delay.
>>
>>Tweaking the paint delay pref is not really effective, it just make
>
> the
>
>>page look like its loading faster, you don;t get content any quicker,
>
> at
>
>>least in my testing.
>>
>>Pipelining can increase speed, but not every server supports it. If
>
> you
>
>>want to try it, type about:cofig into the location bar. In the filter
>
>
>>field, type pipe.
>>
>>If you have a direct connection to the internet, look for:
>>
>>network.http.pipelining
>>
>>Toggle the value to true.
>>
>>If you have a proxy, look for:
>>
>>network.http.proxy.pipelining
>>
>>Same value setting.
>>
>>I'm on a cable connection, I don't really notice any difference. It
>
> may
>
>>well be worth something on dial up, but note that not all servers
>
> allow it.
>
>>Lee
>
>
> *Personally*, I like making the above changes through the user.js file
> vs. direct changes through about:config -- I usually make multiple
> changes at one time and forget what I changed or just plain forget, so
> having all the changes in one place makes undoing them easy.
>
> Just personal preference I guess. Although, I guess it's easier for a
> new user to play around with about:config than it is to figure out how
> to use a file that doesn't exist

I guess its in personal preference. I'm hardly a new user, as you well
know. I used user.js when it was the only option. As soon as I found
about:config had gained so much functionality, i went with it. I
haven't used user.js in over a year.

Still, choices are nice, and, at least at this point, both options work.

Lee

Leonidas Jones wrote:
> ..brian.. wrote:
> > Leonidas Jones wrote:
> >
> >>Ron wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hello Group....
> >>>I am wondering is there anyway a newbie could tweak Firefox to run
> >
> > at
> >
> >>>its peak? I hope I am not opening a can of worms. But while
> >
> > monitoring
> >
> >>>Yahoo chat help I over heard a guy mention about some setting that
> >
> > he
> >
> >>>used and it improved the speed of firefox. I never got a chance to
> >
> > ask
> >
> >>>him what he did. The tweaking he done was in Firefox and not
> >
> > windows.
> >
> >>>Thanks in advance....
> >>
> >>
> >>Probably pipeling and the paint delay.
> >>
> >>Tweaking the paint delay pref is not really effective, it just make
> >
> > the
> >
> >>page look like its loading faster, you don;t get content any
quicker,
> >
> > at
> >
> >>least in my testing.
> >>
> >>Pipelining can increase speed, but not every server supports it. If
> >
> > you
> >
> >>want to try it, type about:cofig into the location bar. In the
filter
> >
> >
> >>field, type pipe.
> >>
> >>If you have a direct connection to the internet, look for:
> >>
> >>network.http.pipelining
> >>
> >>Toggle the value to true.
> >>
> >>If you have a proxy, look for:
> >>
> >>network.http.proxy.pipelining
> >>
> >>Same value setting.
> >>
> >>I'm on a cable connection, I don't really notice any difference. It
> >
> > may
> >
> >>well be worth something on dial up, but note that not all servers
> >
> > allow it.
> >
> >>Lee
> >
> >
> > *Personally*, I like making the above changes through the user.js
file
> > vs. direct changes through about:config -- I usually make multiple
> > changes at one time and forget what I changed or just plain forget,
so
> > having all the changes in one place makes undoing them easy.
> >
> > Just personal preference I guess. Although, I guess it's easier
for a
> > new user to play around with about:config than it is to figure out
how
> > to use a file that doesn't exist
>
> I guess its in personal preference. I'm hardly a new user, as you
well
> know. I used user.js when it was the only option. As soon as I found

> about:config had gained so much functionality, i went with it. I
> haven't used user.js in over a year.
>
> Still, choices are nice, and, at least at this point, both options
work.
>
> Lee

I do like finding the settings via about:config, but I like changing
them in user.js -- but only becuase I use it as a "remembering tool".
I remember thinking it was fun to change the prefs.js file a long time
ago... but that didn't work out too well

And hopefully you didn't think I was refering to /you/ as the new
user!! :-O
--
Brian

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"Ron" <> wrote in message
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> Hello Group....
> I am wondering is there anyway a newbie could tweak Firefox to run at its
> peak? I hope I am not opening a can of worms. But while monitoring Yahoo
> chat help I over heard a guy mention about some setting that he used and
> it improved the speed of firefox. I never got a chance to ask him what he
> did. The tweaking he done was in Firefox and not windows.
>
> Thanks in advance....
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>
> Ron...