Tweak Firefox for your Setup

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These were derived from the guide at: http://www.tweakfactor.com/articles/tweaks/firefoxtweak/1.html

*To use these, enter "about:config" in the address bar. Enter the line up to but not including the colon in the filter bar. If you find the line using the filter, you can modify it by right clicking and selecting modify, or double clicking to change yes to no and no to yes. If the line is not found, you can create it with [right click] -> [new]. Boolean is for yes/ no, and integer for numbers.

General Tweaks

	Code:
	content.notify.backoffcount: 5 network.http.pipelining: true network.http.proxy.pipelining: true network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: 8 plugin.expose_full_path: true ui.submenuDelay: 0

Fast Computer & Fast Connection

Code:

browser.cache.memory.capacity: 65536 *note: this sets the default for cache from 4096KB to 65MB (65536KB) If you want less: choose a number divisible by 8.
content.interrupt.parsing: true
content.max.tokenizing.time: 2250000
content.notify.interval: 750000
content.notify.ontimer: true
content.switch.threshold: 750000
network.http.max-connections: 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server: 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 8
nglayout.initialpaint.delay: 0

Fast Computer & Slow DSL or Cable

Code:

browser.cache.memory.capacity: 65536 *note: this sets the default for cache from 4096KB to 65MB (65536KB) If you want less: choose a number divisible by 8.
content.max.tokenizing.time: 2250000
content.notify.interval: 750000
content.notify.ontimer: true
content.switch.threshold: 750000
network.http.max-connections: 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server: 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 8
nglayout.initialpaint.delay: 0

Fast Computer & Dialup

Code:

browser.cache.memory.capacity: 65536 *note: this sets the default for cache from 4096KB to 65MB (65536KB) If you want less: choose a number divisible by 8.
browser.xul.error_pages.enabled: true
content.interrupt.parsing: true
content.max.tokenizing.time: 3000000
content.maxtextrun: 8191
content.notify.interval: 750000
content.notify.ontimer: true
content.switch.threshold: 750000
network.http.max-connections: 32
network.http.max-connections-per-server: 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 4
nglayout.initialpaint.delay: 0

Slow Computer & Fast Connection

Code:

content.maxtextrun: 4095
content.max.tokenizing.time: 3000000
content.notify.backoffcount: 5
content.notify.interval: 1000000
content.notify.ontimer: true
content.switch.threshold: 1000000
dom.disable_window_status_change: true
network.http.max-connections: 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server: 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 8
nglayout.initialpaint.delay: 1000

Slow Computer & Dial-up

	Code:
	content.max.tokenizing.time: 2250000 content.notify.interval: 750000 content.notify.ontimer: true content.switch.threshold: 750000 dom.disable_window_status_change: true network.http.max-connections: 32 network.http.max-connections-per-server: 8 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 8 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 4 nglayout.initialpaint.delay: 750

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[quote="madthumbs"]

	Quote:
	*To use these, enter "about:config" in the address bar. Enter the line up to but not including the colon in the filter bar.

hat part is easy

Ok that part is easy, but how to I add this code?

	Quote:
	If you find the line using the filter, you can modify it by right clicking and selecting modify,

What filter should I be looking for?

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Like the address bar, there should be a filter bar below it when you are in the about:config (just below the tabs).