Hey
there, I am back again with yet another hack! Firefox has been outperforming IE
for years. It yet can be improved on performance grounds. This can be done by
the following five steps.
1. Enable Pipelining
When connecting to a website/webpage, the browser actually
connects to the server requesting data packets. Once the server receives the
requests it responds by sending data packets. This process is carried out
through IP service stricture. The TCP/IP divides and reassembles the data
packets and finally displays the web
document. Pipelining technique is
sending of multiple requests to the server before it can actually respond. This
often reduces page/data download time!
Open the browser window=>
type
about:config in the address bar=>double-click on network.http.pipelining and network.http.proxy.pipelining (this will
automatically set the values to True)=>double
click on
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
(dialog will appear) change the original value 32 to 8 .
NOTE: Some websites would not support pipelining, these
include websites regularly visited. The process may show reverse aspects,
slowing down the download. Thus, avoid using it in regularly visited websites.
2.
Render quickly
Complex coded pages take a while loading. Firefox displays
whatever it has received so far, every 0.12 seconds (the "content notify
interval). This while seemingly makes look the browser speedy but in turn
reduces the total downloading speed. Therefore if we increase the content
notify time, the fully downloaded page will be displayed in rather less time.
Open the browser window=>
type
about:config in the address bar=>right-click in any free
space of the window=>go
to New
and click on Integer and give its preference name as content.notify.interval click OK
and give its value as 500000
click OK=>right-click
again, go to New and now create a Boolean named content.notify.ontimer and set its value to True.
.
3. Increase the cache size
While browsing the internet, the browser saves the data
scripts in the local cache memory. This enables speedy reference if the page is
again viewed. This memory can be upgraded in size.
Open the browser window=>
type
about:config in the address bar=> right-click in any free
space of the windowà go
to New and create a Integer and give it preference name as browser.cache.memory.capacity and define its value as 65536 click OK =>restart
the browser.
This tech is
recommended for users have a RAM 2GB or more.
4.
No interruptions and Blocking Flash
i) Firefox can be told to ignore all user interfaces until
the page is downloaded. This may look rather drastic but will increase the
loading speed.
Open the browser window=>about:config
(in the address bar)=>right-click
and create new Boolean and name it content.interrupt.parsing and finally set its value to False
.
ii) Useless animations always pop up while viewing web
documents. These not only slows loading but also eats up the network resources
of the user. These can be avoided by installing Flashblock extension from flashblock.mozdev.org .
TraceMonkey is a new Firefox tech which converts slow and
complex Javascripts to speedy x86 codes and lets the browser run some functions
something 20-times faster. However, it is still buggy and using it is a risk.
Hope you find this useful. For any further quarries contact me at my
e mail- divyansh_m@rocketmail.com and I’ll be happy to hear.