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Submitted: 2010-08-17 08:40:42 | Word Count: 870
A lot of us internet fanatics had been thrilled when we found out about the release of Firefox web browser many years ago. It boasted of security and speed, in addition to themes and plug-ins. It did seem to live up to the hype, when it was first introduced onto the scene it was efficient and innovative. It seemed to move at lightening speeds, and was a lot more secure than Internet Explorer. However, it seems over time with so many add-ons and plug-ins, and with each new upgrade, things seem to be slowing it down.
Even though you might think this is in fact the web browser's fault, truth of the matter it really is simply not. The reality is that a lot of factors play key roles in the speed of the browser. Things including your computer's hardware, broadband or internet speed, the server of the site you are visiting, and at times even the amount of tabs you have opened. All this taken into account you will still be able to find methods to make Firefox faster by doing a few edits inside of the config file in your browser.
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We are going to walk you through a few measures that should enable you to speed up Firefox whenever you are surfing around. This is for broadband users and note that if you feel you made a mistake you are able to always click the 'restore to defaults' button.
This procedure will be working with pipelining (items inside of the ' ' you need to just type what's in between, you do not need to include ' ').
* Open Firefox and in the url box type (without ' ') 'about:config'
* You will get a box that might say 'this will void your warranty' - click I'm Sure.
* In the find (or you can scroll to find) locate 'network.http.pipelining' - change to 'true' by double-clicking it.
* In the find (or you can scroll to find) locate 'network.http.proxy.pipelining' - set it to true by double-clicking it.
* Next find 'network.http.pipelining.maxrequests' and change the number to '8' by double clicking and changing the value.
* You should now right click someone in the area and click 'New' => Integer for the name 'nglayout.initialpaint.delay' and then set value to '0?.
* Close browser.
Open browser to see if this did indeed make Firefox faster. There are additional hacks and tricks you can do, however, this one is the most frequent, and it works without having to change any of your actual computer environment settings.
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