How to make Firefox work faster?

article by Srirangan

This is a small hack which changes a few default Mozilla Firefox settings enabling it to run much faster in a broadband/LAN environment.

Explanation

By default the browser requests only one page at a time. Also there is a lag between the download and rendering of web content. This is a small hack whcih sets a variable and changes the values of two more in a way that Firefox renders pages much faster.

Steps to follow

1) Open a new Firefox window/tab and enter "about:config" in the address bar and press enter

2) Set "network.http.pipelining" from "false" to "true"

3) Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" from "false" to "true"

4) Create a new config integer variable "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" with the value 0

That's all. Now your Firefox browser will get rid of the one-at-a-time requests mode and will also eliminate the render lag.

Disclaimer: I have personally tested this on my Firefox 1.5.0.3. Neither I nor the Mozilla development team give any guaruntee. This is just a simple hack for enthusiasts.