Speed Up Firefox Loading Page Time and Startup Time

jmke · 2nd January 2005, 21:59

"...here are two great tips for Firefox, the free, rock-solid, secure
browser from the Mozilla Foundation. Apply them both to enjoy the time you
save loading Firefox and loading web pages. They really make Firefox
faster..."

http://www.uniquehardware.ca/guides/...6/guide6.1.php

jmke · 2nd January 2005, 22:09

Quote:

Originally posted by jmke
rock-solid

I'm totally switched over to FireFox now, using IE for internet explorer and some sites;

but calling FF rock-solid is large overstatement in my humble opinion

+ the download manager sucks monkeyballs compared to Download Accelerator Plus

Bosw8er · 2nd January 2005, 22:17

nag, nag, nag

Those speedtweaks appear to work quite well, especially the prefetch thingy.

Good find !

... vroooooaaaaaaarrrr

2nd January 2005, 22:21

Same here, FF isn't as stable as they want to make us believe.
FF keeps crashing using test 2 (on unload) : http://popupcheck.com/freescan/popup...t_advanced.asp

But, that isn't what you can understand under 'normal use'.

Bosw8er · 2nd January 2005, 22:26

Quote:

Originally posted by HardFreak

FF keeps crashing using test 2 (on unload)

?

no crash here

2nd January 2005, 22:29

I got this from telenet a while ago:

open notepad and copy the following into it:.

user_pref("content.interrupt.parsing", true);
user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 2250000);
user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191);
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 750000);
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 48);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 16);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 16);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 8);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 100);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);

save as user.txt on the following location:
C:\documents and settings\username\application data\mozilla\firefox\profiles\default

username is the name of the target account, not the word username

rename user.txt to user.js

settings will take effect the next time you start firefox.

jmke · 2nd January 2005, 22:32

Quote:

Originally posted by Bosw8er

?

no crash here

test not passed ey?

well.. IE6 works flawlessly with Google toolbar

2nd January 2005, 22:32

I never had problems with firefox and I've been using it for months now.

the only thing I get is that some pages don't display correctly but that's because of the poor coding rather then firefox.

4th January 2005, 20:32

Quote:

Originally posted by jmke

test not passed ey?

well.. IE6 works flawlessly with Google toolbar

here IE works flawlessly without any pop-up stopper. Just SP2 and all the updates.

4th January 2005, 23:10

I was using Firefox, but recently found quite a few pages that had issues under Firefox, that aren't there with IE. So I went back to IE like a week ago, but:
I'm getting errors like these every few pages in IE. No problems in any other program.
Anyone any ideas or solutions?

2nd January 2005, 21:59	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	Speed Up Firefox Loading Page Time and Startup Time "...here are two great tips for Firefox, the free, rock-solid, secure browser from the Mozilla Foundation. Apply them both to enjoy the time you save loading Firefox and loading web pages. They really make Firefox faster..." http://www.uniquehardware.ca/guides/...6/guide6.1.php __________________

2nd January 2005, 22:17	#3
Bosw8er Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,711	nag, nag, nag Those speedtweaks appear to work quite well, especially the prefetch thingy. Good find ! ... vroooooaaaaaaarrrr __________________ "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

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2nd January 2005, 22:21	#4
wutske Posts: n/a	Same here, FF isn't as stable as they want to make us believe. FF keeps crashing using test 2 (on unload) : http://popupcheck.com/freescan/popup...t_advanced.asp But, that isn't what you can understand under 'normal use'.

2nd January 2005, 22:29	#6
kristos Posts: n/a	I got this from telenet a while ago: open notepad and copy the following into it:. user_pref("content.interrupt.parsing", true); user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 2250000); user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191); user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5); user_pref("content.notify.interval", 750000); user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true); user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000); user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0); user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 48); user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 16); user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 16); user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 8); user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true); user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 100); user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true); save as user.txt on the following location: C:\documents and settings\username\application data\mozilla\firefox\profiles\default username is the name of the target account, not the word username rename user.txt to user.js settings will take effect the next time you start firefox.

2nd January 2005, 22:32	#8
kristos Posts: n/a	I never had problems with firefox and I've been using it for months now. the only thing I get is that some pages don't display correctly but that's because of the poor coding rather then firefox.

4th January 2005, 23:10	#10
below_par Posts: n/a	I was using Firefox, but recently found quite a few pages that had issues under Firefox, that aren't there with IE. So I went back to IE like a week ago, but: I'm getting errors like these every few pages in IE. No problems in any other program. Anyone any ideas or solutions?