by Mike Stephens
17. December 2006 20:14
The default settings for Firefox and Internet Explorer are set pretty low so that they don't overwhelm older / slower computers.
Here are a couple things you can do to speed them up a lot.
Firefox:
Open Firefox, for the url type "about:config" and press enter.
This will open up a screen with lots of settings.
In the Filter box, type in "network.http", this will shorten the list.
Find the key "network.http.pipelining" and set it to "true"
Find the key "network.http.piplining.maxrequests" and set it to 30.
The default setting of 4 only allows 4 requests at a time, by setting it to 30 your browser can do much more work.
Press the "Show All" button on the upper right to show all the keys again.
In the Filter box, type in "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set it to 0.
If it does not exist just right click and select the New Integer and type in the name above.
This setting tells Firefox not to wait after receiving data to start rendering it. The default setting in Firefox is 750ms.
So Firefox waits nearly a second after getting the data from the internet before displaying it.
Internet Explorer:
Go to your Start prompt and select "Run".
Type in "regedit" and press "Ok".
You will see a bunch of folders.
Navigate through the folders to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings"
Right click and insert a new DWORD key with the name "MaxConnections Per1_0Server" and a Decimal value of 10.
Right click and insert a new DWORD key with the name "MaxConnections PerServer" and a Decimal value of 10.
There you go, much faster browsers, enjoy
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