This next group of hacks all relate to the network.http group in about:config. Basically these various options open up your network connection to Firefox, permitting it to access information online as quickly as your connection will permit you. Since the majority of my readers utilize broadband connections, this will benefit you, 56k you are tough out of luck, sorry. To implement these hacks, perform the following steps.
1. With Firefox up and running, type about:config and hit enter.
2a. Find the entry called “network.http.pipelining” and set it to “true”.
2b. Find the entry called “network.http.proxy.pipelining” and set it to “true”.
2c. Find the entry called “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” and set it to 16-32, but beware, if set too high you may risk banning yourself from various servers by being mistaken for a DoS attack.
3. Restart your browser.
Even though I am sitting on Georgia Tech’s campus with a blazing fast 100Mbit connection, it seems like with these options enabled, webpages load faster, pictures in particular. When I went to Flickr.com and started clicking around, all the pictures loaded at one time unlike how it used to load a picture at a time. Either Flickr enabled a quick optimization between me closing and opening Firefox, or this trick works. Either way, it hasn’t hurt my connection at all. Verdict: Causes pictures to load very fast, but I do see an increase in network activity, more spikes than constant travel with each pageload.
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