Firefox Slower Than IE?

[the squid of despair]

I've recently switched over to Firefox, and it seems to be much slower than IE. I have always heard that it was a bit faster, any thoughts?

[habsfan4evr]

It usually is, I find it's dragging ass tonight though...

[the squid of despair]

Well my pr0n can't wait. Back to IE?

[chrispy]

Well my pr0n can't wait. Back to IE?

i use google chrome for basic surfing cause i found it closer than both but it doesnt work with dopewars... otherwise i use FF, but i find both much faster than ie

[Zeus]

1. Open Firefox, and type about:config in the address bar. Don’t worry about the warning that comes out.

about-config_warning
2. Use the filter above to find network.http.pipelining and set it to True by double clicking on it.
3. Create a new boolean value(right click/new) named network.http.pipelining.firstrequest and set that to True.
4. Find network.http.pipelining.maxrequests, double click on it, and change its value to 8.
5. Now look for network.http.proxy.pipelining , set it to True.
6. Create two new integers (right click/new)named nglayout.initialpaint.delay and content.notify.interval, setting them to 0.

Now restart your browser and check a few heavy-loading websites to see if those changes worked or not.


You can also change your DNS server to something more reliable than your isp's like Open DNS. https://www.opendns.com/homenetwork/start/

or if you know how, change your DNS servers to:

Preferred DNS server address for Open DNS is:
208.67.222.222

Alternate DNS server address for Open DNS is:
208.67.220.220

[chrispy]

1. Open Firefox, and type about:config in the address bar. Don’t worry about the warning that comes out.

about-config_warning
2. Use the filter above to find network.http.pipelining and set it to True by double clicking on it.
3. Create a new boolean value(right click/new) named network.http.pipelining.firstrequest and set that to True.
4. Find network.http.pipelining.maxrequests, double click on it, and change its value to 8.
5. Now look for network.http.proxy.pipelining , set it to True.
6. Create two new integers (right click/new)named nglayout.initialpaint.delay and content.notify.interval, setting them to 0.

Now restart your browser and check a few heavy-loading websites to see if those changes worked or not.


You can also change your DNS server to something more reliable than your isp's like Open DNS. https://www.opendns.com/homenetwork/start/

or if you know how, change your DNS servers to:

Preferred DNS server address for Open DNS is:
208.67.222.222

Alternate DNS server address for Open DNS is:
208.67.220.220


wow, much faster :thumbs:

[Colonel Sanders]

Note that Internet Explorer will always be faster on certain web pages because they were specifically designed/optimized for IE's engine.

However after applying tweaks to Firefox's about:config it will almost always make it faster than IE no matter the web page.

[DeadlyOther]

1. Open Firefox, and type about:config in the address bar. Don’t worry about the warning that comes out.

about-config_warning
2. Use the filter above to find network.http.pipelining and set it to True by double clicking on it.
3. Create a new boolean value(right click/new) named network.http.pipelining.firstrequest and set that to True.
4. Find network.http.pipelining.maxrequests, double click on it, and change its value to 8.
5. Now look for network.http.proxy.pipelining , set it to True.
6. Create two new integers (right click/new)named nglayout.initialpaint.delay and content.notify.interval, setting them to 0.

Now restart your browser and check a few heavy-loading websites to see if those changes worked or not.


You can also change your DNS server to something more reliable than your isp's like Open DNS. https://www.opendns.com/homenetwork/start/

or if you know how, change your DNS servers to:

Preferred DNS server address for Open DNS is:
208.67.222.222

Alternate DNS server address for Open DNS is:
208.67.220.220

fucking brilliant, so much faster...thx

[cunexttuesday]

Thanks so much!
I had almost given up on Fire Fox!

:hugs:

[Doobz]

pipelining isnt good for all systems though, some it will slow down quite a bit...

If Firefox takes up too much memory on your computer, you can limit the amount of RAM it is allowed to us. Again, go to about:config, filter “browser.cache” and select “browser.cache.disk.capacity”. It’s set to 50000, but you can lower it, depending on how much memory you have. Try 15000 if you have between 512MB and 1GB ram.

[Smash Bros]

i swear there was a thread about this in here somewhere....

[Colonel Sanders]

There was... if you want the ultimate list of things you can change in about:config to make Firefox faster/more responsive or just in general tweak things to your liking then take a gander at: TweakGuides.com - Firefox Tweak Guide (http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_10.html)

It's where I get all my shit from.

[Smash Bros]

atleast im not going crazy lol.

and to make vista/xp run faster i have tweaks posted in the tute section

[DeadlyOther]

and to make vista/xp run faster i have tweaks posted in the tute section

I used a few of the tweaks in that section and I already notice a performance change, thx for the tech help

[Smash Bros]

no prob mate

[Alf uckem]

I forgot about putting those tweaks on my new laptop, i will give the vista one a try when i aint soo stoned. I will probably screw it up. cheers for reposting

[DeadlyOther]

Now if I could only make my built in wireless card pick up signals better...

[Dymond]

Yeah I forgot how cool those tweaks can be. I need to reapply them to the family PC downstairs.. Thanx Dave!

So what does everyone think of FF 3 vs FF 2?

[the squid of despair]

Yeah I forgot how cool those tweaks can be. I need to reapply them to the family PC downstairs.. Thanx Dave!

So what does everyone think of FF 3 vs FF 2?


Don't you mean thanks squid? I mean, if it wasn't for me making the thread... :whistle:

[Red Dragon]

good post :thumbs:

[the squid of despair]

good post :thumbs:


You're still here? :o

[Smash Bros]

dy i cant see much difference to be honest.

but i dont do heaps of heavy browsing. although i do have to say ff still crashes a fuckload.