Speed up Firefox - how it works
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Is Firefox too slow for you? We will show you various tricks to speed up your browser.
Speed up Firefox - via pipelining
- In the Firefox address bar, type about: config.
- Confirm the entry with the Enter key and confirm a warning if necessary.
3. To avoid losing track of the many entries, you should enter the following commands in the search field. You should change the following entries as described below. To change the status from "false" to "true", double-click on the respective entry.
- network.http.pipelining - true
- network.http.proxy.pipelining - true
- network.http.pipelining.ssl - true
- Alternatively, you can also use the Fasterfox plugin, which makes pipelining optimization easier.
Revise HTTP settings
To make Firefox even faster, you can optimize the HTTP settings. The more precisely these are set, the smoother the data transfer between browser and web server. You can also enter the following values in the Firefox configuration. To do this, double-click on the desired value and change it. The following values are only suggestions that are suitable for computers with a DSL connection. If you notice that changing the settings will make Firefox even slower, you should reset the values.
- network.http.max-connections - 48
- network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy - 12
- network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server - 8
- network.http.pipelining.maxrequests - 8
Accelerate the start-up process
The more personal information is stored in the browser, the slower Firefox becomes. However, using the free Speedyfox tool you can speed up Firefox's startup process:
- Download Speedyfox and start the .exe file.
- Check Firefox. In addition, you can speed up other programs with Speedyfox, for example Google Chrome and Skype.
- Press the "Optimize!" Button on the left. Speedyfox now optimizes the start process of the selected programs.
In another article, you can read again how to install clever Firefox addons.
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