Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Speed up your Firefox by tweaking your browser’s configuration

When it comes to browsing the Internet, Firefox is an unbeatable name. However, only a few people know that Firefox provides for certain configuration options which can enhance your browsing experience and let you speed up. Moreover, there is no need to install any add-on for speeding Firefox up.
Firefox browser logo Speed up your Firefox by tweaking your browsers configuration
Just follow the simple instructions as below:
  • Open a new tab in your Firefox browser window.
  • Type the url just as given – “about:config”
urlbar Speed up your Firefox by tweaking your browsers configuration
  • It will display a warning to you as given below and you just need to accept that.
warning firefox Speed up your Firefox by tweaking your browsers configuration
  • Look for the following settings and change the values.
Setting name: network.http.max-connections
Default value: 30
Change it to: 96
Setting name: network.http.max-connections-per-server
Default value: 15
Change it to: 32
Setting name: network.http.pipelining
Default value: False
Change it to: True
Setting name: network.http.proxy.pipelining
Default value: False
Change it to: True
Setting name: network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Default value: 4
Change it to: any value between 4 and 8
settings firefox Speed up your Firefox by tweaking your browsers configuration
  • Restart your Firefox browser to make the changes effective.
Note: These settings are Firefox specific and do not apply to your Internet server speed.
Drop in your comments on whether these speed tweaks really enhanced your browsing speed or not!

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