Enable Pipelining in FireFox for boost

GlitterKill · 20-December-04, 11:57 AM

I somehow stumbled across this info for enabling pipelinging in FireFox. I enabled this to test it out and PR laods quicker than ever. I recommend you guys give this a try.

Here is the info for creating the user.js file in the Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile folder:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/edit#profile

Here is the quick tip for enabling pipelining:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firef...oth_pipelining

Let me know how well this works out for you guys and gals.

NapalmStixToKidz · 20-December-04, 03:01 PM

cut a whole .4 seconds off the load time for my site (www.eclipsedbydesign.net)

it was .6, now it loads in .2 or .3

danbanger · 20-December-04, 03:08 PM

I did it, not sure if I did it correctly though

I rememeber seeing some sites say this page took "X" time to load. I wanted to find a site that has that to test it but I dont know where to go.

Lunamods · 20-December-04, 03:18 PM

Holy crap, its like twice as fast. Thanks GK.

Joose · 20-December-04, 03:27 PM

Geez what an improvement!!!

I just installed FF1.0 and am using it for the first time today...I was impressed at how fast it was out of the box, but now it's almost INSTANT...geez....no more IE for me...

godfoot · 20-December-04, 10:30 PM

Excellent find GK!
Good looking out!

GlitterKill · 20-December-04, 10:58 PM

The documentation for it said that some servers don't support the feature. I am curious if, on those sites, the tweak has a negative effect rather than a positive one.

Pages are instant for me now as well.

godfoot · 20-December-04, 11:03 PM

Forgot to mention, page loads are faster for me at least on PR but I didn't just stop with that one tweak.
I implemented a few others on that page too, and zoooooooooommmmmmm!!!!one111

GlitterKill · 20-December-04, 11:04 PM

What other ones did you use?

kornmart · 20-December-04, 11:16 PM

I tried it... I don't know if it worked though... I mean, firefox was quick before, I didn't notice much of a difference.

jcarkeys · 20-December-04, 11:23 PM

Duplex had a thread about doing the one where you make it render automatically instead of after 250 ms, I did that way back when, and am still using it. Of course, with dialup, not noticing that dramatic of a difference, but regardless, that link had plenty of good other tweaks for dealing with tabs and whatnot that I like.

godfoot · 20-December-04, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlitterKill


	What other ones did you use?

I thought you would ask....

That's ok, I stalled long enough to read another thread or 2 in my catch-up time.

I also added the Speed Up Page Rendering code (right above Enable Pipelining),
Specify the memory cache usage (changed to a higher value to let the RAM help out)

And non-speed related:
Change the Activity Indicator URL

Amd4Me · 20-December-04, 11:50 PM

All I can say is WoW

Oh and Thx

Erad · 21-December-04, 12:03 AM

1) In your Firefox addy bar, type in about:config
2) Create new Boolean value
3) Type in config.trim_on_minimize
4) Change value to False.
5) Restart Firefox.

This will speed up the maximizing of Firefox, which supposedly uses lots of RAM.

Note:
Setting this item to "false" may noticeably slow down other applications while Firefox is minimized, if your PC has less than 256 MB of RAM. If so, change the setting back to "true."

4rm4g3dd0n · 12-January-05, 12:09 PM

i love ff, sorry to revive a dead post, but this does make it seem faster and i dont want ppl to miss the tip

Fred_G · 14-January-05, 10:15 PM

I put Firefox on my computer and about 10 at work about a month ago, much better with Firefox, now even faster!!

Have a good one!

E

konai_konai666 · 15-January-05, 02:11 AM

Sweetness, your like a performance-messiah, ye' allmighty GlitterKill! FireFox is amazingly quicker now. To add complement to conquerage, my prize Ultra 600W PSU arrived today and i'm quite impressed. I don't know what to say, you're the bomb, GK. You're truely the bomb.

lAnonymousl · 15-January-05, 02:27 AM

Yeah I did that same thing a few weeks ago and it works great. I used this article:
http://www.tweakfactor.com/articles/...oxtweak/1.html

And this extremely longass thread at the mozilla forums:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewto...age=15&start=0

20-December-04, 11:57 AM		#1 (permalink)
GlitterKill Pimp-of-all-Pimps	Enable Pipelining in FireFox for boost I somehow stumbled across this info for enabling pipelinging in FireFox. I enabled this to test it out and PR laods quicker than ever. I recommend you guys give this a try. Here is the info for creating the user.js file in the Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile folder: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/edit#profile Here is the quick tip for enabling pipelining: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firef...oth_pipelining Let me know how well this works out for you guys and gals.

20-December-04, 03:08 PM		#3 (permalink)
danbanger Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	I did it, not sure if I did it correctly though I rememeber seeing some sites say this page took "X" time to load. I wanted to find a site that has that to test it but I dont know where to go. Last edited by danbanger; 20-December-04 at 05:58 PM..

21-December-04, 12:03 AM		#14 (permalink)
Erad Radic-Hoe Gallery Mod	Here's a quick one .. 1) In your Firefox addy bar, type in about:config 2) Create new Boolean value 3) Type in config.trim_on_minimize 4) Change value to False. 5) Restart Firefox. This will speed up the maximizing of Firefox, which supposedly uses lots of RAM. Note: Setting this item to "false" may noticeably slow down other applications while Firefox is minimized, if your PC has less than 256 MB of RAM. If so, change the setting back to "true."

14-January-05, 10:15 PM		#16 (permalink)
Fred_G !! Sm-hoe-k Free !!	Thanks for the tip GlitterKill I put Firefox on my computer and about 10 at work about a month ago, much better with Firefox, now even faster!! Have a good one! E

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20-December-04, 03:01 PM		#2 (permalink)
NapalmStixToKidz DuckWarrior's Personal Quack Hoe	cut a whole .4 seconds off the load time for my site (www.eclipsedbydesign.net) it was .6, now it loads in .2 or .3

20-December-04, 03:18 PM		#4 (permalink)
Lunamods Apex Tech Maniac Supreme	Holy crap, its like twice as fast. Thanks GK.

20-December-04, 03:27 PM		#5 (permalink)
Joose Joosey	Geez what an improvement!!! I just installed FF1.0 and am using it for the first time today...I was impressed at how fast it was out of the box, but now it's almost INSTANT...geez....no more IE for me...

20-December-04, 10:30 PM		#6 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta	Excellent find GK! Good looking out!

20-December-04, 10:58 PM		#7 (permalink)
GlitterKill Pimp-of-all-Pimps	The documentation for it said that some servers don't support the feature. I am curious if, on those sites, the tweak has a negative effect rather than a positive one. Pages are instant for me now as well.

20-December-04, 11:03 PM		#8 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta	Forgot to mention, page loads are faster for me at least on PR but I didn't just stop with that one tweak. I implemented a few others on that page too, and zoooooooooommmmmmm!!!!one111

20-December-04, 11:04 PM		#9 (permalink)
GlitterKill Pimp-of-all-Pimps	What other ones did you use?

20-December-04, 11:16 PM		#10 (permalink)
kornmart Apex Master Tech	I tried it... I don't know if it worked though... I mean, firefox was quick before, I didn't notice much of a difference.

20-December-04, 11:23 PM		#11 (permalink)
jcarkeys Key Hoe	Duplex had a thread about doing the one where you make it render automatically instead of after 250 ms, I did that way back when, and am still using it. Of course, with dialup, not noticing that dramatic of a difference, but regardless, that link had plenty of good other tweaks for dealing with tabs and whatnot that I like.

20-December-04, 11:50 PM		#13 (permalink)
Amd4Me Apex Master Tech	All I can say is WoW Oh and Thx

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