Sunday, July 26, 2009

get faster with tweaks.

i got these tips from here. i have a headache and i couldn't sleep, and so i decided to do this. tips to tweak and make your firefox browser faster. proceed with your own risk. don't come to me and told me that i ruined your firefox. detailed instructions here.

from the address bar, insert about:config

Tweak #1:
In the Filter bar type network.http.pipelining. Then, double-click on this line under Preference Name in order to change the value from false to true.

Tweak #2:
In the Filter bar type network.http.pipelining.maxrequests. Then, double-click on this line under Preference Name and change the value from 4 to a higher number anywhere from 10 to 30. I set mine to 30.

Tweak #3:
In the Filter bar type network.http.proxy.pipelining. Then, double-click on this line under Preference Name in order to change the value from false to true.

Tweak #4:
In the Filter bar type network.dns.disableIPv6. Then, double-click on this line under Preference Name in order to change the value from false to true.

Tweak #5:
In the Filter bar type plugin.expose_full_path. Then, double-click on this line under Preference Name in order to change the value from false to true.

Tweak #6:
In the Filter bar type network.protocol-handler.external.ms-help. Now, you are going to create a new Preference Name with an Integer Value. To do this, right-click on this line under Preference Name and select New, then Integer. In the New Integer value box type in nglayout.initialpaint.delay and click OK. Then in the Enter Integer value box type 0 (that’s a zero) and click OK.

Tweak #7:
In the Filter bar again type network.protocol-handler.external.ms-help. Now, you are going to create another new Preference Name with an Integer Value. To do this, right-click on this line under Preference Name and select New, then Integer. In the New Integer value box type in content.notify.backoffcount and click OK. Then in the Enter Integer value box type 5 and click OK.

Tweak #8:
In the Filter bar again type network.protocol-handler.external.ms-help. Now, you are going to create another new Preference Name with an Integer Value. To do this, right-click on this line under Preference Name and select New, then Integer. In the New Integer value box type in ui.submenuDelay and click OK. Then in the Enter Integer value box type 0 (that’s a zero) and click OK.

restart firefox and you should be able to browse faster. i play around with these tweaks until it goes haywire sometimes just for the fun of it. hehehe. enjoy.

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