DIY - Firefox extremely fast in less than 5 min

1: Access the settings list

1. Go to the address bar and type about:config then press enter.
2. You will see a window with many settings, and a "filter" (a.k.a. search) bar at the top.



2: Change current settings

1. Search for these settings in the filter bar, and
2. Double click to modify. the true/false settings can also be changed with a double-click.
(setting - value)

network.http.max-connections – 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server – 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy – 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server – 4
network.http.pipelining – true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests – 100
NOTE: the above command, (pipelining), is the act of sending multiple requests for information to a server. some servers might not like 100 requests at once, so if this slows down performance on some sites (which is uncommon), change this value to 10, or back to the default 2.
network.http.proxy.pipelining – true
network.http.request.timeout – 300



3: Add new settings

1. Right-click somewhere in the window and highlight new, then select integer.

content.notify.interval - 500000
(thats five hundred thousand, not fifty thousand)

2. Create another new integer.

browser.cache.memory.capacity - 65536
NOTE: only use if you have lots of RAM (2+ GB). value can be adjusted if needed.



Final Step

Restart firefox and enjoy your ridiculously fucking fast new browser

-munro-