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Use Pipelining In Firefox To Increase Speed
If you're using Firefox and have a broadband connection, you can most likely increase the speed with which your browser accesses web sites by making use of firefox's pipelining ability.
Whenever you access a web site, your browser downloads all the files associated with the web site sequentially, however by using pipelining in firefox you can download up to 8 files simultaneously. This is a massive advantage over Internet Explorer 7, which doesn't support the feature.
To enable pipelining follow the instructions below:
- Open up Firefox and type "about:config" (no quotes) in your address bar.
- In the "Filter:" search box, type "network.http"
* Now set "network.http.keep-alive" to true by double clicking it.
* Look for "network.http.version" and check it's set to "1.1" - Now type "pipelining" into the filter box
* Now set "network.http.pipelining" to true.
* If you're using a proxy, set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to true
* Lastly, set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to 8. Note that setting this higher will have no effect as firefox limits to 8 anyway.
Remember that this feature is off by default for a reason. Principally because it increases server traffic, which may disagree with some web servers. I have not experienced a problem, however if your internet does begin to cause problems just reduce "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" or set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to false.
In addition to this, there is one further modification you can make. That is to create a new value called "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set the value to 0, this tells firefox to begin rendering the page instantly. This allows you to see the site faster but may slightly reduce the total page display time.
