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[Karlos]

For any people who use firefox, you should really try this to speed up you internet as it has worked for me

1. Type about:config into the address bar and hit return.

2. Alter the entries as follows (by double clicking each entry):

Set network.http.max-connections to 48

Set network.http.max-connections-per-server to 24

Set network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy to 12

Set network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server to 6

Set network.http.pipelining to true

Set network.http.proxy.pipelining to true

Set network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to 8. Any more and you may get banned from the site visited, as it may be viewed as DOS attack. Try a higher value say upto 32 but be prepared to lower the value if sites fail to load.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.

Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0.
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages 2-3 times faster now, even if a dial-up connection it will still be faster than before.

[Chris Powell]

I might try this...

[Reece Duncan]

nice one

[James Beaton]

Hey it really does work! Im using it for now

It's a shame FireFox looks horrible compared to I.E 7 though, when i say looks i mean the pixelated graphic display it has. I.E 7 is nice and smooth looking.

But this extra speed is too good to resist. Quality Karlos.

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by James Beaton

Hey it really does work! Im using it for now

It's a shame FireFox looks horrible compared to I.E 7 though, when i say looks i mean the pixelated graphic display it has. I.E 7 is nice and smooth looking.

But this extra speed is too good to resist. Quality Karlos.

True it does, but you can get umpteen themes for the thing to change the look and some of the extensions are quality

[James Beaton]

Originally Posted by Karlos

True it does, but you can get umpteen themes for the thing to change the look and some of the extensions are quality

Yeah but i mean the way text is displayed and images dont look as clear, but this speed boost is really good.

I see you aquired this info from CyberTech.

[Chris Powell]

Agreed James!

Firefox is a lot faster now. Cheers Karlos.

[Karlos]

no probz

cant get over how fast it loads now

[DJShades]

The reason text appears to be 'rough' in FireFox is because it actually adheers to Windows own font anti-aliasing (smoothing) scheme, IE7 doesn't! Microsoft did this for IE7 so it 'looks better' out of the box - completely ignoring Windows own anti-aliasing settings - to fool the non-techie/average joe into thinking IE7 is somehow better simply because the fonts are all nice and smooth.

The FireFox team however used their heads... FireFox actually actually uses Windows own anti-aliasing settings, which is a good idea. If someone has a low-end/older PC they will probably have anti-aliasing turned off in Windows to give their CPU a break, so why would they want it on in their browser?

This is yet again another cheap 'trick' by Microsoft to fool the uninitiated masses. Most people with XP, by default, don't have full anti-aliasing (ClearType) on so IE, with its own font anti-aliasing, will look better than FireFox straight out of the box.

Its akin to Microsoft and their IE 'Now with tabbed browsing' boast... FireFox has been doing this for ages (not sure about any other browsers, I haven't used them), unfortunately there's still an extremely large percentage of people who don't even realise other browsers exist. Even Amiga's had browsers with tabbed browsing over 10 years ago!!

Personally I would never, ever go back to using IE... its far too vunerable to 'drive-by downloads'. Its FireFox all the way for me now, especially with the No-Script plugin which I consider an absolute essential. No-Script blocks all JavaScript, Java and Flash until you specifically allow it for each domain. While this may sound like a pain, you only have to allow the content once if you trust the site... everything else gets plain old HTML so absolutely nothing, without exception, can be run in your browser without your explicit permission... It even blocks adverts coming from domains other than the one your allowing... so it can even speeds up browsing! (For example if you've just allowed the domain 'myspace.com' and MySpace's adverts are being served from 'someadvertserver.com' then the adverts won't be allowed (unless they are just plain old GIFs or JPEGs), thus speeding up your browsing)...

Anyways... Preaching over now!

[QfanatiQ]

Is there somethign similare for Opera by any chance?

Cheers.....Q

[DJShades]

Originally Posted by QfanatiQ

Is there somethign similare for Opera by any chance?

Cheers.....Q

If you were asking me I'm afraid I don't know. I've never used Opera. Sorry!