Other Help Topics :: Firefox speed up
Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:
1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.
2. Alter the entries as follows:
Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
3. Lastly right-click anywhere 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.
If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages 2-3 times faster now.
An even easier way of doing the same thing: download the "tweak network settings" extension from the Firefox website. Even speeds up dialup's page display (not as big an improvement though).
Cheers borderpatrol! This really made a noticeable difference for me on 512k. Keep em coming...
If you tweek the number "30" to a higher one, it can load faster, but I have been warned that it may think you are a h@c-ker , so play with care. I have mine at 50 and no problems.
(Note: I dispise cybersitter) 
Also see this thread re the content.notify.interval buffer tweak, which makes a hell of a difference provided your cpu is up to it.
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