Firefox / IE Browser Tweaks2005.10.04 07:56 by PhilipKeywords: tweak, browser, pipelining, Registry, Internet Explorer, Firefox
Below, you will find browser-specific settings and registry entries to speed up both Firefox and Internet Explorer. The settings are generally intended for broadband internet connections, and can noticeably improve your web browsing experience.
Internet Explorer According to the HTTP specs, only a limited number of simultaneous connections to web servers are allowed, while loading web pages. With today's broadband connections, it is beneficial to increase the number of concurrent connections to reduce page loading time. To increase the number of concurrent connections, add the following entries to the Windows Registry (the settings are not present by default in all Windows versions). Under Windows 9x/ME/2k/XP Navigate to Start > Run, type: regedit , find the following locations and add the DWORD values: HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Internet Explorer 8 under Windows Vista/7/2k8 Server Click the Windows button, type: regedit, and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\ Notes: The above parameters, and the web patch in the downloads section of the site work with Internet Explorer versions 4 and above. Alternatively, to apply the above tweak for Windows 9x/XP/Me/2k, you can download a web patch (sguide_webtweak_2k) from the download section of the website. While these entries improve web page loading considerably, there is some concern that they tend to strain webservers more (they increase bursts of concurrent requests), but have no effect on average throughput. References:
Firefox Pipelining requests This setting is equivalent to the IE tweak above. It allows for more simultaneous connections to web servers. Note that the HTTP specs suggest for 4 concurrent connections. Setting this value to 10 allows for more web page components being downloaded at the same time, noticeably improving browsing. To appy the tweak, follow the simple instructions below:
Note: Setting the number of connections per server to a much higher number (over ~10) can cause web servers to drop some requests, resulting in incomplete pages, increased retransmissions, etc., so it is not recommended.
Reduce Initial Page Delay By default, Firefox waits 0.25 seconds (250ms) before beginning to draw web pages. To reduce this initial delay, do the following:
Note: This setting is not present by default. When not present, Firefox waits 250 milliseconds before first displaying the page.
Use memory cache Firefox has the ability to write cached files to RAM instead of the hard disk. This is much faster, and reduces hard disk drive wear. It is highly recommended if using SSD drives. To change the cache location to RAM:
Advanced Firefox Settings Below, you will find settings that may increase your perceived page loading time a bit further. Note that those are most likely best left at the default values. These settings generally do no exist under the Firefox about:config, and need to be created if you'd like to experiment with them. content.interrupt.parsing - default/recommended is true. When true, parsing can be interrupted to process UI events.
References See this link for all Firefox about:config entries with descriptions and defaults.
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anonymous - 2007.11.08 21:04
i did the fire fox twks great faster way faster
THE FIREFOX TWEEKS ARE WONDERFUL
coolness!!! the best!!
WOW, major difference.
does it work with FF 3 ??
Excellent tweaks, they even work with Firefox 3.0
I tried the FireFox tweaks on my MAC OS X powered iBook G4 and they worked great.
I still wish there was a tweak page for Safari on OS X.
Wonderful tweaks ..pages load very very fast now..
i always used a few of those tweaks in the past but ..added the new ones a got here and firefox flies
The Firefox tweaks are well worth applying! I saw immediate results.
I use Firefox all the time. These tweaks definitely sped up my browser. I set the interval & threshold @ 500,000 and the tokenizing time at the suggested 3 times that or 1,500,000. Great tweaks, thanks a lot!
nglayout.initialpaint.delay is string?
Yes, nglayout.initialpaint.delay is a string, denotng the number of milliseconds to wait before first displaying the page. The default, when not present is 250 milliseconds delay.
These are amazing! Instant results The difference is incredible!
When setting nglayout.initialpaint.delay you are setting an integer
not a string.
The tweak works prefectly fine, even with the new version of firefox 3.0.8
I've just applied the settings to Firefox 3.1 beta3
It seems to be working great, Thanks. However:- the first 4 settings are now higher by default (30,15,8,6) than what you are recommending, I have obviously left the higher default settings for these numbers but I have made all the changes from the Pipeline down. Thanks.
It's interesting that Firefox has moved to 15 max connections per server, the RFC recommends no more than 4. It's no doubt faster to complete pages with 15 concurrent requests, just a bit taxing on servers.
Thanks! Fantastic improvement with FF v3.0.11!
Although FF now uses 15 max connections as mentioned, I reverted it to 10. FF default of 15 slowed me down considerably and yes, taxed the server I'm sure. Now flying along thanks to these tweaks and SG TCPIP Optimizer and Analyzer. Appreciate the help here very much!
dude you did an excellent job... nice one... i really tahnk you for sharing this incredible knowledge... wwwoooowwww... now i have a very efficient internet surfing... i won't have any trouble waiting for the webpage to show up...
thankz again smartee... you're such a winner...
fire fox tweak made it bout 3x faster gr8 wrk
Thanks.....
any tweaks for Chrome out there?
Thanks
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Today, Sept. 20, 2009, in Firefox 3.5.3, I did NOT find
content.notify.backoffcount or ui.submenuDelay Did I miss something? I also saw that my defaults were already at 30, 15, 8, 6, but I changed them to 24, 10, 8 (no change), 4. What do you all think about the higher defaults? Should I change back?
I agree with glnz, my default values are the same. Which ones should I use?
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