increase speed in Firefox

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  1. Posts : 2
    windows vista
       #1

    increase speed in Firefox


    hey, can you help me, how can I increase my speed in firefox, I've heard that this can be done, but I do not know how . also, how could I disable windows defender in order to save resources?
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  2. Posts : 1,003
    Win7 Ultimate x64 on Desktop / Win7 Ultimate x86 on laptop / Win7 x86 Starter on Netbook
       #2

    You can disable windows defender in control panel/security settings.
    I don't use Vista anymore, but think that's right. :)

    Not sure about Firefox its fast already.
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  3. Posts : 918
    Windows 7 Professional, Windows Longhorn 4074
       #3

    You could get a web accelerator, or get the FasterFox extension. Google has a really good web accelerator, but I forget what it is. FasterFox is the best for FireFox.

    That, or you could just get Google Chrome or Apple Safari.
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  4. Posts : 4,925
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #4

    There are some settings you can tweak:

    1. in address bar type about:config and the hidden settings will appear
    2. Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
    3. Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
    4. Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
    5. right-click anywhere in the config page and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.
    6. restart firefox

    See if that helps.
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  5. Posts : 918
    Windows 7 Professional, Windows Longhorn 4074
       #5

    swarfega said:
    There are some settings you can tweak:

    1. in address bar type about:config and the hidden settings will appear
    2. Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
    3. Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
    4. Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
    5. right-click anywhere in the config page and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.
    6. restart firefox

    See if that helps.
    Just for the record, that only works in FireFox. Chrome displays a blank page and IE cancels navigation.

    EDIT: Swarfega, what the heck is your sig? Shake your peanuts?
    Last edited by ikilledkenny; 19 Apr 2009 at 12:25. Reason: swarfega's sig
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  6. Posts : 2
    windows vista
    Thread Starter
       #6

    firefox speed


    thanks, it worked. for increasing the speed for firefox I found a video that helped on hackyourwindows.com
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  7. Posts : 219
    Windows 7 Pro x64 & Win7 Pre x64 / Ubuntu 9.10 Beta
       #7

    swarfega said:
    There are some settings you can tweak:

    1. in address bar type about:config and the hidden settings will appear
    2. Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
    3. Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
    4. Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
    5. right-click anywhere in the config page and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.
    6. restart firefox

    See if that helps.
    Wow, I notice a difference. Thanks swarfega
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  8. Posts : 4,925
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #8

    ikilledkenny said:
    Just for the record, that only works in FireFox. Chrome displays a blank page and IE cancels navigation.

    EDIT: Swarfega, what the heck is your sig? Shake your peanuts?
    yeah it does only work for firefox since its a firefox work-around Chrome has its own thing going on.

    lol you clicked it didnt you, own up
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  9. Posts : 219
    Windows 7 Pro x64 & Win7 Pre x64 / Ubuntu 9.10 Beta
       #9

    swarfega said:
    yeah it does only work for firefox since its a firefox work-around Chrome has its own thing going on.

    lol you clicked it didnt you, own up

    LMAO - I did
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  10. Posts : 685
    Windows 7 32bit RTM
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