Speed up loading times in Mozilla/FireBird/FireFox/FireWhate

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:14 pm

1. Type "about:config" in the adress field.
2. Set the value of network.http.pipelining to "true".
3. Set the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to "100".
4. Set the value of network.http.proxy.pipelining to "true"
5. Set the value of nglayout.initialpaint.delay to "0"

Now watch as the loading times that already beat IE's go into overkill mode.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:45 pm

This reply page loaded quickly!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 2:04 pm

The tweak is more geared for those blessed with broadband connects, but it definitely works for those like me stuck with dial-down.

De Rigueur · Post by **De Rigueur** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 3:34 pm

I didn't see the 'nglayout.initialpaint.delay' variable in my config.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 3:49 pm

Yeah, I don't have it either with Mozilla 1.6, I just have..

nglayout.debug.enable_xbl_forms

&

nglayout.events.dispatchLeftClickOnly

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 9:29 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by De Rigueur:
I didn't see the 'nglayout.initialpaint.delay' variable in my config.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You gotta create it.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 9:45 pm

If its not there in about:config, its possibly something that mozilla can't use.

FireFox != Mozilla, tho you can build both from the same tarball.

De Rigueur · Post by **De Rigueur** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 10:06 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by MD-2389:
You gotta create it.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well, I added it. Not sure how to measure response time improvement. Subjectively, it might be a bit faster.

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 11:14 pm

sweet, I forgot about the about:config command... I do see a marked improvement, thanks.

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:41 am

I see good improvement here to thanks MD.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 1:47 am

holy cheezeballs. that's fast.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 10:48 am

Fast++, especially on sites (like the fricken SimCity website) that consist of over 100 images.

Thanks.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:33 pm

Holy jebus, I guess it does!

nifty

thx MD.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 10:16 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by fliptw:
 If its not there in about:config, its possibly something that mozilla can't use.

FireFox != Mozilla, tho you can build both from the same tarball.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Actually flip, theres quite a few things that Mozilla supports in about:config that isn't there by default....such as making websites think that you're using a different browser. I've been using this tweak for the past couple of days without any ill effects.

Delkian · Post by **Delkian** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 6:23 am

The Things They Left Out extension also allows pipelining to be enabled via an options menu, as well as other configuration options that Mozilla has in its configuration panel but Firebird doesn't.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 11:15 pm

"Set the value of nglayout.initialpaint.delay to "0""

Not a big fan of that-- it seems to remove the delay to display the page after some of the pictures have been downloaded. Prettier the other way.

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:24 am

nice. thanks md

edit: whoops, i necro posted. teehee

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:57 am

Necrokurupto!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!@~!!!!!!

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:09 pm

Is there any way to create a DOS batch file which will adjust the values and place the create the nglayout value?

That'd rock!

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 3:27 pm

create a user.js file with the given values, like this:

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user_pref("network.http.pipelining",true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests",100);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining",true);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay",0);

and put them in firefox/mozilla's profile folder.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:33 pm

MD-2389 wrote:3. Set the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to "100".

May cause problems -- if that's applied to how many open requests go to a server: Typical settings are "4" for 1.0 servers and "2" for 1.1 servers (RFC2068).

roid · Post by **roid** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:46 pm

for some reason those settings are ALREADY set in my install of firefox. i'm prettysure i havn't manually set them since i last dumped a fresh windows install image.

maybe these settings are now automatically set by firefox as default in firefox ver1 (publicbeta).
perhaps someone else who has not manually applied these settings and has a fresh install of firefox could check it out to see if they are already set?

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:05 am

roid, if you're using a profile that you've been using for a while, then you'll still have the same settings.

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:49 am

md the image didn't have firefox installed on it. it could be that i uninstalled it before making the image, but i doubt it.

Vander · Post by **Vander** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 8:47 pm

I just tried the settings. There is definitely a noticable improvement in page load times. I'm using 1.0.

Thanks for the tip.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:32 am

Lil bump for a question about this tactic.

Grendel wrote:
MD-2389 wrote:3. Set the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to "100".
May cause problems -- if that's applied to how many open requests go to a server: Typical settings are "4" for 1.0 servers and "2" for 1.1 servers (RFC2068).

What kind of problems would that cause? If I wanted to be safe and leave it at default of 4, would I be seeing a theoretical speed increase of 4% of MD's settings or what?

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:05 am

Thanks! This pages is loading SUPAFAS!!! Oh wow!

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:25 pm

One more question. nglayout.initialpaint.delay should be set as an integer and not a string, correct?

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:51 am

Mr. Perfect wrote:One more question. nglayout.initialpaint.delay should be set as an integer and not a string, correct?

Seeing as you're entering a number, yes it should be set as an integer.

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