Here's how to make Firefox faster:
In the address bar, type "about:config" and press enter. Find "network.http.pipelining" and double click it so it's set to true. Under that should be "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests". Double click that and set it to 8 or more. This does not require a reboot to take effect.

I just tried and it made a difference in speed... woot

 

does it make it run faster or startup faster??

Mine still as fast as it was before

 

run faster... as in loading websites

 

i just did this.
looks like its running faster too.
although it makes firefox faster, are there any downsides to doing this?

 

no downsides that i know of

 

just tried it. good find.

 

the firefox pipeline option allows firefox to make a single HTTP connection and request multiple files. The regular setting makes 1 connection for the initial page, then separate connections for each image displayed on the site.
By increasing the the setting for pipelining you are eliminating the number of established TCP connections to a web server, thus making pages with lots of images, or a lot of data load faster.

 

so like any car mod...theres no such thing as "free horsepower". if this setting was faster, why didnt they set it like this from the factory? theres gotta be a tradeoff

 

Slower computers can't handle it. Most more modern ones can.

 

nice...thanks that makes sense

 

It puts a lot of stress on the webpage servers though. If everyone threaded dozens of simultaneous downloads sites like i-club.com would buckle under the stress.

It is set low as a courtesy. Not saying that I haven't already done this myself

 

thanks for the info.

 

thank you!

 

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makes it faster too... maybe not SRT4 fast but really close.