I made the complete switch to firefox 2 months ago, and I'm a happy camper. Can anyone tell me why there are usually several instances of firefox in my task manager, and why it's hogging so many resource, even when the program is closed? Hope they fix that soon.
Would that solve the problem I seem to have with the browser freezing up whenever I download something? Just a side note I am actually stil using the preview version.
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"network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" ... Set it to something like 30
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are you kidding me?!
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These settings violate the HTTP protocol, and give you a speed boost by flooding the web server with 30-something connections for every single image and page request. There's a reason that they're not the default.
These settings will not only cause many web servers to have problems, but they can also mistake your web browser for a flood attack, which will make the server add your IP to an "ignore" list.
Multiple connections will degrade overall network performance. When you are the only one doing it, you get a greater share of the bandwidth, so your stuff loads faster. But, if everyone does it, the net effect is to slow performance for everyone including yourself.
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so this is the reason my page loads have been freezing up? Default is set to 4, and should not exceed 8 for obvious reasons.
You know, I was suspicious of changing those. I was wondering if there was a reason they were set to those for default... I've actually always been suspicious of everything peanut posts. Ah well.
I did this back when I was using the Firefox 1 Preview Release and I can tell you from experience that it maybe fast in the beginning using peanuts settings but after about 1 day things got really slow for me when I used the "tweak" so I reset them and everything was smooth sailing.
I never knew about the flooding thing though thats useful info.
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These settings violate the HTTP protocol, and give you a speed boost by flooding the web server with 30-something connections for every single image and page request. There's a reason that they're not the default.
These settings will not only cause many web servers to have problems, but they can also mistake your web browser for a flood attack, which will make the server add your IP to an "ignore" list.
Multiple connections will degrade overall network performance. When you are the only one doing it, you get a greater share of the bandwidth, so your stuff loads faster. But, if everyone does it, the net effect is to slow performance for everyone including yourself.
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I dont know where you got you info, but my browser works like lightning fast while im violating HTTP protocols. I guess i will be banned from my ISP next week to have put my seting above the credible 8 flodding limit.
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I can tell you from experience that it maybe fast in the beginning using peanuts settings but after about 1 day things got really slow for me when I used the "tweak" so I reset them and everything was smooth sailing.
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Do like me if you find the Internet sluggish after "1 day" using it. Delete internet cookies, that should do the trick
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Yes, enabling HTTP pipelining can dramatically improve networking performance. The downside, and the reason it's not enabled by default, is that it can prevent Web pages from displaying correctly. If you've enabled this, and you find pages that aren't displaying correctly, please don't blame Firefox or the Web developer. It's probably the fact that you enabled an "unsupported" feature which is incompatible with some Web servers and proxy servers.
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I made the complete switch to firefox 2 months ago, and I'm a happy camper. Can anyone tell me why there are usually several instances of firefox in my task manager, and why it's hogging so many resource, even when the program is closed? Hope they fix that soon.
Type "about:config" in the adress bar, no quotes
now look for the lines:
"network.http.pipelining" ... Set it to True
"network.http.proxy.pipelining" ... Set it to True
"network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" ... Set it to something like 30
"network.http.request.max-start-delay" ... Set it to 1
you should have a faster browsing experience.
"network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" ... Set it to something like 30
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are you kidding me?!
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These settings violate the HTTP protocol, and give you a speed boost by flooding the web server with 30-something connections for every single image and page request. There's a reason that they're not the default.
These settings will not only cause many web servers to have problems, but they can also mistake your web browser for a flood attack, which will make the server add your IP to an "ignore" list.
Multiple connections will degrade overall network performance. When you are the only one doing it, you get a greater share of the bandwidth, so your stuff loads faster. But, if everyone does it, the net effect is to slow performance for everyone including yourself.
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so this is the reason my page loads have been freezing up? Default is set to 4, and should not exceed 8 for obvious reasons.
*goes back and sets them to default*
I never knew about the flooding thing though thats useful info.
These settings violate the HTTP protocol, and give you a speed boost by flooding the web server with 30-something connections for every single image and page request. There's a reason that they're not the default.
These settings will not only cause many web servers to have problems, but they can also mistake your web browser for a flood attack, which will make the server add your IP to an "ignore" list.
Multiple connections will degrade overall network performance. When you are the only one doing it, you get a greater share of the bandwidth, so your stuff loads faster. But, if everyone does it, the net effect is to slow performance for everyone including yourself.
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I dont know where you got you info, but my browser works like lightning fast while im violating HTTP protocols. I guess i will be banned from my ISP next week to have put my seting above the credible 8 flodding limit.
I mean isnt it fast as it stands?
I can tell you from experience that it maybe fast in the beginning using peanuts settings but after about 1 day things got really slow for me when I used the "tweak" so I reset them and everything was smooth sailing.
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Do like me if you find the Internet sluggish after "1 day" using it. Delete internet cookies, that should do the trick
Also, an FAQ on exactly what this function does:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/http/pipelining-faq.html
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Yes, enabling HTTP pipelining can dramatically improve networking performance. The downside, and the reason it's not enabled by default, is that it can prevent Web pages from displaying correctly. If you've enabled this, and you find pages that aren't displaying correctly, please don't blame Firefox or the Web developer. It's probably the fact that you enabled an "unsupported" feature which is incompatible with some Web servers and proxy servers.
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Do like me if you find the Internet sluggish after "1 day" using it. Delete internet cookies, that should do the trick
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I do appriciate the added info that deleting cookies make browsing faster I'll put it to good use.
I LIKE MY COOKIES!!!
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