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2 Easy Tweaks to Make Firefox Faster! + Google Reader “Secret Theme”

Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Tech, Tips & Tricks, ZOMG

Firefox being a little more sluggish than usual? Well then give these two quick and easy tweaks a try and you should see an improvement in load times. Both of these must be done in about:config so the first step is to type “about:config” (without the quotes) in the address bar.

Pipelining

In the about:config screen, search for the following 2 entries by using control-F and change them to “True” by double clicking the row:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining

You can also search for the following, double click it, and set the max requests to 30

netword.http.pipelining
Restart Firefox and boom faster internet! Yay!

Zero pause time after clicks

Firefox by default delays a tiny bit after you click links.  To reduce the wait period to zero do the following:
In the about about:config page right click anywhere and select new, then integer.  Type “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set the value to “0″ (without quotes).  That’s it!

Google Reader “Secret Theme”

One more thing for you Google Reader fans.  There’s a secret code you can enter to get the left column to have a ninja appear similar to the ninja theme in Gmail.  Just type in (like one of those old video game cheat codes): Up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A and voila a ninja appears on the left.  To get rid of it, just put in the same sequence.

Hope these help and happy browsing!

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Tags: Browser, Firefox, Google, Internet, Mozilla, Reader, RSS, Software, Technology, Tweaks