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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 945/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Ok... here we go. I've always liked Firefox, but not the slowness. I found out how to make it fly
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Karadur Fire Snake Level: 48 Posts: 410/1192 EXP: 786444 For next: 37099 Since: 11-02-04 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 15 hours |
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Nice trick to make things faster I think I saw something similar to this on some other site dealing with Firefox or Firebird, but I could never remember where exactly it was. This appears to work just as well though. I obviously use Firefox too, so thanks for the tip |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 6848/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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Keep in mind that changing "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" to 0 can slow your computer down some. Especially if it's old. At least that's what I heard from other persons. I try this out at least, if anything I could just set it back later on. If it's that's good, why isn't it default? Is it something that's in beta or? Edit: Heh, it's quite alot faster now after loading a few pages and such. Firefox was faster than IE before for me but now... wow. o.o And I really don't notice any slowdowns with having "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" on zero, but I test that on a older computer... (edited by Kitten Yiffer on 12-23-04 05:51 PM) |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 946/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Well... I'm using a Cely 1.4 GHz and it doesn't slow down my PC. hmm... perhaps it's a Windows thing (I use Slackware Linux)? nglayout.initialpain.delay doesn't seem to affect this board much, probably the extremely sloppy HTML. I'm not sure why this isn't default... but I know that the Mozilla Foundation doesn't always make good choices (Firefox becoming 1.0 should have come by later when more bugs are fixed; all projects' sources are in one tree). |
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windwaker Ball and Chain Trooper WHY ALL THE MAYONNAISE HATE Level: 61 Posts: 769/1797 EXP: 1860597 For next: 15999 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 6 days |
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Firefox is really fast for me (perhaps because I have some great RAM), but MAN this made it fast. Thanks . | |||
Karadur Fire Snake Level: 48 Posts: 413/1192 EXP: 786444 For next: 37099 Since: 11-02-04 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 15 hours |
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Originally posted by FreeDOS My processor's an AMD Athlon XP 2GHz, and there hasn't been any noticeable slowdown since I changed those options. Like Kitten Yiffer and windwaker, I thought Firefox was nice and quick before, but now it's even better Thanks again |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 6853/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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Actually it's not slowing the thing down, and I doubt that Firefox really differs that much from the OS's. Firefox in Linux is pretty much the same when youre using it and how it works. I do know since I have Linux on one of my computers. Setting "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" to 0 didn't slow this computer down. But I test it with my extremly picky 400 mhz and see if it slows that one down. I doubt it's a OS thing... I'm not sure how much effect that pipelining have thought. But I did notice a diffrence with changing the delay. Edit: However, a certain graphic heavy Swedish newssite loaded alot faster than usual. So it probably had that effect... (edited by Kitten Yiffer on 12-23-04 06:23 PM) (edited by Kitten Yiffer on 12-23-04 06:24 PM) |
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Legion banning people for no reason sure is fun Level: 101 Posts: 3364/5657 EXP: 10399737 For next: 317938 Since: 03-15-04 From: The Crossroads is under attack! Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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Hmm, maybe with this little tweak it will be faster than IE. If not more so. Now, got any fixes for table rendering? >=D (edited by |+Legion+| on 12-23-04 06:24 PM) |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 947/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Yeah, I doubt it's an OS thing, but you may never know Leg: What kind of rendering fixes do you mean? I don't see a problem at all.... Of course, if you know C++, you can always fix it whenever |
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windwaker Ball and Chain Trooper WHY ALL THE MAYONNAISE HATE Level: 61 Posts: 773/1797 EXP: 1860597 For next: 15999 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 6 days |
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Do you know of any other Firefox tweaks? It seems like there's got to be more. This's great. Edit: there's an extension that'll do this. https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=327&vid=989 (edited by windwaker on 12-23-04 07:04 PM) |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 948/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Unfortunately, this is the only tweak that I know... besides this, I'm using vanilla Firefox (with an exception of a theme, custom toolbar, and extensions. Those don't count ). However, searching Firefox Tweak and Firefox Tweaks on Google seems to bring up things. | |||
windwaker Ball and Chain Trooper WHY ALL THE MAYONNAISE HATE Level: 61 Posts: 778/1797 EXP: 1860597 For next: 15999 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 6 days |
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I already searched . I couldn't really find anything (save the one you already showed). | |||
Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 1175/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Hmm, it appears I made these tweaks already. This along with DSL explains why Firefox is nice and fast. Only difference is I set maxrequests to 100. |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2641/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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I think the reason this stuff is disabled is that not all servers support it very well. But hell, I'll do it anyway. Hmm, my MaxRequests (in Mozilla) is set to 4. I like 50 better. Holy crap, that is fast! |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 954/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Most servers should though. Think of things like GameFAQs where literally thousands upon thousands of people are reaching the site simutaniously. | |||
Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69 Posts: 1439/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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In case anyone's wondering, the paint delay is there to make sure you don't see a "half baked" page. The trade-off, obviously, is a slightly less responsive browser. HTTP Pipelining is just sending multiple requests through the same connection. Imagine a guy needing to get A, B and C from the same guy. The normal way of doing that from the browser's point of view would be to knock on the door, say "Hi, I need A, could I get that?", get A, say goodbye and then close the door, and repeat the process for B and C. Pipelining is just saying "Hey, you know, I need A, B and C." and receiving all three at once. |
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Zem You can be civil without being flowery, dipshits. Level: 49 Posts: 495/1107 EXP: 829398 For next: 54485 Since: 06-13-04 Since last post: 131 days Last activity: 131 days |
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Originally posted by Jesper And the servers that don't support it are the guy with the shotgun who doesn't like people who ask for too much. |
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69 Posts: 1444/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by ZemYep. |
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