Optimizing Firefox for broadband

Taken from a PC World article…

Open Firefox

Type about:config in address bar and press Enter

Type network.http in the filter field

Double-click network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to bring up the "Enter integer value’ dialog box. Enter a higher number than the default 4: try 15. and click OK.

Double-click network.http.proxy.pipelining to set it to ‘true’.

Right-click anywhere on the page and select New Integer. Enter nglayout.initialpaint.delay and then click OK.

Set the integer value to 0 (zero) and click OK again.

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