Speed Up Firefox 2/3

This instructable will teach you how to speed up Firefox 2 or 3.
Stuff you will need: 1. Firefox 2/3
2. Internet (You probably have it if you can read this)

*UPDATE* I have put in what the things mean for all of you non-nerd speakers.

Step 1 Getting There!

1. Open Firefox (I don't think I need to tell you how to do that)
2. Go to the URL
3. Clear it and type in, "about:config"
4. Press enter!

Comments

[plznothanks]

I found some other ways to speed up firefox http://howtohacklife101.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-make-firefox-faster.html

[GrissaOstDrauka]

my network.http.pipelining.maxrequests was set to 4 by default, do you suggest I turn it up to 8?

[mrmoneybagss]

yes.

[PyroMonger]

can these changes be undone if not satisfied with it? As in...can I delete the created integers and booleans?

[mrmoneybagss]

YES! The ones you created can be deleted. The ones you change can be changed back.

[PyroMonger]

How would I go about doing that? When I right click the ones i added it only allows me to reset, not delete them

[mrmoneybagss]

I guess you would reset them.

[PyroMonger]

Yes but I dont want to reset something that wasnt there in the first place. I want it removed. I thought you knew what you were doing

[Evil Metroid302]

Uh oh... The instructions said to put in "nglayout.initialpaint.delay", so I did. But, the picture say to put in "ui.submenuDelay". Which one is correct? And if the one I put in is wrong, how do I get rid of it? Please answer ASAP, I don't want to totally mess up FireFox.

[mrmoneybagss]

sorry sorry sorry the picture is the right one to reverse the one you messed up just set the number back to it's default

[Evil Metroid302]

Ok it's fixed thanks.

[tubbsey88]

change it to true...not false

[rimar2000]

I did everything that you suggest, except the last optional point. If all turns out well, i will remember you. If it go badly, I will remember you and all your genealogy. ;) Thanks, a hug.

[Lftndbt]

Nice comment Rimar. "If all turns out well, i will remember you." te he he... ;) Hope all goes well.

[rimar2000]

All goes perfect for now. Thank you, FireFox goes a little faster with your recipe. It's normal to see flames behind the monitor? (Todo va perfecto por ahora. Muchas gracias, FireFox va un poco más rápido con tu receta. ¿Es normal ver llamas detrás del monitor?)

[mrmoneybagss]

i don't think that seeing fire behind your monitor is normal...
check to see if a fire is burning behind it.
=P

[wick_ed]

greatly increased the DL speed for youtube and works well with instructables. I am on fiber optic with NTT in Japan and should pull in 120Mbs. Unfortunately, it is never what is said. If I go to the server that I'm on and my wireless could support it could probably do that. I also use downloadhelper along with this for multi-packet retrieval for downloads and that seem to help well. Now if someone has any information on multi-packeting HPs, that would be cool or even cracking open another pipeline to leach off of. Props to you for all your hard work.

[Lftndbt]

step 16 If that doesn't work

Give up. Download Opera. ;)

[ironsmiter]

It'd be nice, if instead of just "alter this portion of your Config" you actually said WHY, or what it does... for each option. for those that DON'T speak boolean binary natively.

[mrmoneybagss]

ok i'll do that...
in fact i'll do that right now!!!
=P

[ironsmiter]

sweet :-) Pipelining : settings in this area will greatly depend on your TYPE of internet connection. Satalite, cable, dsl and dialup will all be optimized at differrent levels(DSL and lower bandwidth cable should be pretty close though) some internet connected networks REQUIRE IPv6, rare, but they exsist, so this is full of win. browser.cache.memory.capacity This is a BIG one... especially if you have lots of ram, and visit the same pages over and over again. Thanks for the update.

[Jack Daniels]

noticeable difference in speed

[ikoda]

How much faster does it get?

[mrmoneybagss]

it goes a bit faster

[jakee117]

I did it just now, not really noticing much, but it does seem a little bit faster... I don't really know right now

[Scott_Tx]

I've been using fasterfox to enable the speed increases and it seems to cause a few web sites to choke.

[craig3]

I'd like to see what other people have to say about this before i try it