Fasterfox....good or bad ? or a Con ?

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Hi All I just wanted to ask if anyone uses and can recommend this add on to Firefox 'Fasterfox' ? i,ve heard mixed reviews ,some say its a con ? any views will be greatly taken on board thxs :confused:
 
found this

Hi I found this on a thread on here,does this work the same as fasterfox ?

FireFox Load Time

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll
down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time.
When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really
speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This
means it will make 30 requests at once.

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 brodband connection you'll load pages 2-3 times faster now.


Taken From nother Forum.
 
Fasterfox does basically what youve posted there, its just got a easy to use interface. Use either, some people find it makes it quicker, some dont, but its not going to do your system any harm.
Id personally use fasterfox and if it doesnt make any difference to your system you can always unchange what its done.
 
thxs

ScoobyDoo said:
Fasterfox does basically what youve posted there, its just got a easy to use interface. Use either, some people find it makes it quicker, some dont, but its not going to do your system any harm.
Id personally use fasterfox and if it doesnt make any difference to your system you can always unchange what its done.
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yes good idea i,ll use it and see ,no harm as you say .. :)
 
any good

I have just searched Google ,and came up with something called Firetune ,has anyone used this and is it any good ? seems that 3 programs i know of so far .. :confused:
 
i personally havent noticed any difference at all.....but that might be because ive been on an 8mb connection for a while now
 
PrOdiGy1 said:
i personally havent noticed any difference at all.....but that might be because ive been on an 8mb connection for a while now
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Im on 8mb as well & the speed difference with Tweak Network on some sites is clear to see even more so with thumbnails & pictures.
But sometimes there is no difference because of their end.
 
Bony Maloney said:
Trying this one against Fasterfox now :D
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I hope you told fasterfox to put original settingss back before using tweak network as just disabling fasterfox or uninstalling may leave changed settings in place.
 
i just uninstalled fasterfox and installed tweak network. lets see how it performs! ive noticed theres no interface or anything though for changing stuff....
 
Also try new pages that you have not gone to before to avoid diskcache loading or clear the cache. then you will get the true speed and make up your own mind

But it still can speed up sites that are in your cache sometimes.
 
Craig321 said:
I use both: FasterFox and the tweaks.

Works very well for me.
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Some sites have profiles for fasterfox now & throttle your connection to that of non fasterfox users.
 
Final8y said:
Also try new pages that you have not gone to before to avoid diskcache loading or clear the cache. then you will get the true speed and make up your own mind

But it still can speed up sites that are in your cache sometimes.
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i have noticed a difference even on the OCUK forums.
 
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