Firefox is no slouch, but here are tweaks to make your browser sprint like Olympics champ Usain Bolt on the track.
Digital Life tested this tip from DL reader Deshawn Toh to boost your Firefox browsing speed and it works.

1 Fire up Firefox.

2 Type 'about:config' into the address bar (the space that shows the website address).

3 You will see a warning: 'This might void your warranty! Changing these advanced settings can be harmful to the performance of this application. You should only continue if you are sure of what you are doing'.

Don't be alarmed: Just click the button that says, 'I'll be careful, I promise!'

4 Pages and pages of lines in fine print will follow. Scroll down and search for this one: 'network.http.pipelining'.

The value is set at 'false'. Double click that line. The value will change to 'true' and the line will turn bold to show that it has been changed.

5 Do the same for 'network. http.proxy.pipelining' - double click to change the value to 'true'.

6 Double click 'network. http.pipelining.maxrequests' and change the value from 4 to between 8 and 30.

7 One last tweak. Right click anywhere in the browser window, select 'New' and then 'Integer'. Type 'nglayout.initialpaint.delay' into the window and set its value to '0'. This cuts the time the browser waits before it starts showing a Web page.

Install the add-on, AdBlock Plus. Get it from mozilla.com. It prevents time-wasting ads and banners from loading.

As with all settings tweaks, note down each change you make, so that you can retrace your steps, if need be.

'The changes have not affected the stability of my PC,' says Deshawn, 15, a Secondary 3 student of Xinmin Secondary School.

This story was first published in The Straits Times Digital Life on 1 Oct 2008.

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