Version: 1.2a
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FireFox – Save your bandwidth and money!
Introduction: when I was surfing the net with FireFox, I didn’t know that I was using more bandwidth than ever! It’s like I am using 13% more bandwidth (network prefetch). Also, if you are using broadband, prefetch was enabled by default to make your browser collect / download web-pages and images in-advance. This also includes 3rd party contents by using rel=”prefetch” within the hidden configuration.
On the other hand, you might want to disable this feature, because, there is a chance that your ISP provider, they will charge you “pay-per-byte” for network bandwidth or exposing your privacy within the server. Nevertheless, if you don’t want to get cookies / images from websites that you’re actually visiting. All you need to do is follow the instructions below:
1.] Execute Firefox and type: “about:config” in the address bar.
2.] Press “Enter” and type: “network.prefetch-next” in the filter dialogue box.
3.] Edit your configuration and change your value as “false”.
4.] Restart Firefox and use CCleaner to clear your temporary files, prefetch files and ect…
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http://www.ccleaner.com
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When everything is done, you can relax and save money! Nevertheless, when this setting is disabled, there is a higher chance that your computer is protected from attackers.
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Version: 13.1a
Revision: 33 Build 54
Load FireFox – Webpages Faster
Introduction: when I was reading my book, somebody sent me a little e-mail. He asked me if I can tweak FireFox, so that, it will load webpages a little faster!
Anyway, thanks for the short e-mail and here is your article. But, there is a warning…
be extra careful, when you’re playing with FireFox’s browser settings.
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1.] Type in “about:config” straight into the address bar. After that, you’ll need to scroll down and look for these entries…
network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Notes: If you’re using Firefox browser (default settings), the configuration will only make one request to a webpage at a time. But, if you enable ‘pipelining’, it will make multiple requests in a single run. This method can be resource – hogging (through the network piplines). But, it will speed up the page – loading time.
2.] Set these configuration in your Firefox browser.
network.http.pipelining = true (double click)
network.http.proxy.pipelining = true (double click)
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests = 8 (double click)
Notes #1: The default value for “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” settings is 4.
This should be ‘edited’ back to default, if you encounter a problem with the request!
Notes #2: There is no point setting “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” higher then 8, as it is capped at 8, max.
3.] Right click anywhere and select: New >> Integer (Name it: “nglayout.initialpaint.delay”) >> set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
8.] Finally, just exit your browser; open it again and check a website!
The connection will now load individual pages, faster…
Enjoy!
