{"id":25,"date":"2008-02-18T08:34:51","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T13:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabeanderson.com\/2008\/02\/18\/how-to-make-firefox-faster-big-time\/"},"modified":"2008-02-18T08:34:51","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T13:34:51","slug":"how-to-make-firefox-faster-big-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gabeanderson.com\/tech-blog\/2008\/02\/18\/how-to-make-firefox-faster-big-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Firefox Faster (Big Time)"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are lots of reasons why Firefox has been steadily gaining on Internet Explorer browser market share over the past few years (37.2%<\/a> as of January 2008): Along with being more stable, faster, and more user-friendly, it’s highly customizable. And I’m not just talking about add-ons<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Say hello to about:config<\/a> (just type about:config<\/strong> in your address bar to view and edit yours).<\/p>\n

The good news, though, is that you don’t really have to know what things like editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines<\/strong> mean — though if you wanted to be able to copy ‘n paste multiple lines into any Web form in Firefox, which is great for, say, doing Google Local<\/a> searches with addresses you’ve copied, then you’d search your about:config<\/strong> for the editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines<\/strong> preference, double-click it, and set the value to 2<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines<\/center><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

But I digress. <\/p>\n

Here’s how to make Firefox really scream and your Web surfing experience even faster<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Download & install Firetune<\/a> (thanks, Web Worker Daily<\/a>)
    \n    Firetune<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Back up your current configuration using the button in the app.<\/li>\n
  3. Specify your combination of computer \/ connection speed (e.g., fast computer, fast Internet connection).<\/li>\n
  4. Select Other optimizations<\/strong> and check the box to Enable some performance tweaks common to all configurations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  5. Click Tune it!<\/strong> and Firetune will update your about:config settings.<\/li>\n
  6. For an extra speed boost, visit your about:config<\/strong> and search for network.http.pipelining.maxrequests<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  7. Double-click network.http.pipelining.maxrequests<\/strong> and set the value to 30<\/strong>, which means that Firefox will make 30 get requests at once:
    \nnetwork.http.pipelining.maxrequests<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note that Firetune makes all the same changes as outlined on this page<\/a>, except the maxrequests tweak, which also helps quite a bit.<\/p>\n

    After following these simple steps, you’ll see that the difference in speed is unbelievable. Happy browsing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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