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I’ve installed some add-on to my Firefox. Sometime it run slower than it should be. Did some searches and found I could double the Internet browsing speed by just few simple tweaks.

3 Steps to Double Internet Speed

I found that Firefox tends to eat a lot of RAM in exchange for quicker launching and handling of the browser.

2 our of 3 steps are to reduce Firefox RAM consumption. Let’s do it with extra careful or your Firefox might not work.

1. Reduce RAM for Firefox Cache feature

In Firefox address bar, try this,

1) Type “about:config” (no quotes) and hit ENTER in the Firefox browser address bar
2) Find “browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers”
3) Set it’s value to “0“ (Zero)

2. Increase Page Loading Speed

1) Type “about:config” into the address bar

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 10.

3) Right-click anywhere and select New->Integer.

Add name “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” with value to “0“ (Zero)

Optional: Add new field below for even faster web browsing,

New String - “network.dns.disableIPv6”: set “false”
New Integer – “content.notify.backoffcount”: set “5” (Five)
New Integer - “ui.submenuDelay”: set “0” (Zero)

3. Reduce RAM Usage to 10mb when minimize Firefox

1) Type in about:config and then press Enter.
2) Right Click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
3) In the box that pops up enter “config.trim_on_minimize”. Press Enter.
4) Now select True and then press Enter.

Lastly, Restart your Firefox to experience fast Internet browsing.

Some people claim their Firefox at least twice as fast and it’s a pretty simple to do in 5 minutes. I didn’t really count the loading time but it is really FAST! compare to its original.

Try it yourself and let me know how you feel? I’m want to hear from you.

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