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donut - 9/4/05 at 12:37 PM

Got this from another forum. Only works if you have Broadband and Firefox web browser.

This works well if you're on broadband:

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 receives.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!"


andkilde - 9/4/05 at 01:12 PM

Just a caveat.

I've done it, it works, it also buggers up the loading of some pages that previously loaded fine.

Seems to get hung up on fancy buttons (ones which pre-load multiple colours of buttons for already clicked or hovering overing etc.)

Works a treat otherwise.

Cheers, Ted


Tim 45 - 9/4/05 at 05:34 PM

On the homepage of LB in firefox, are the bullet points outside of the box, on the 'latest threads' box, because it is on mine


Deckman001 - 9/4/05 at 06:21 PM

Yes but is that a problem, i can still link direct so have no complaints really

Jason