How to increase Firefox browser's Speed

Firefox is an internet browser that is preferred by many web designers and internet savvy people because they all know that it is more secure, more friendly, and allows better customizations. Although Firefox is a very fast browser it can be better. In this article I will give you some good tips to make your Firefox preform better and faster and more secure.

Even if you are not familiar with the Firefox configuration you can make these changes very easily. If you want to you can write down the changes you made to make sure that you can revert back to what you had. Here you go!

• Open your browser and type "about:config" in the top address bar, not the search, but the actual address bar. You will be prompted the "be careful", this is just Firefox's warning that you can do something bad to your browser but if you follow the instructions you should not have to worry about this.
• In the filter address bar type the following: "network.dns.disableIPv6". If you have not made any modifications to your browser yet this setting should read "false" in the value column. Double click it to change it to "true".
• In the filter address bar type the following: "network.http.pipelining". If you have not made any modifications to your browser yet this setting should read "false" in the value column. Double click it to change it to "true".
• In the filter address bar type the following: "network.http.proxy.pipelining". If you have not made any modifications to your browser yet this setting should read "false" in the value column. Double click it to change it to "true".
• In the filter address bar type the following: "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests". If you have not made any modifications to your browser yet this setting should read "4" in the value column. Change that value to "8".
• You need to create a new integer now. To do this you need to right click > New > Integer. In the text box that comes up you need to type "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and hit the ok button. Next, enter a value of "0" and click the OK button.
• You need to create a new Boolean now. To do this you need to right click > New > Boolean. In the text box that comes up you need to type "config.trim_on_minimize" and hit the OK button. Next, select "true" and click the OK button.
• In the filter address bar type the following: browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewer". Change that value to "0".

Now you are done with all the changes. Just close your browser and restart it. You will see the change in speed. Happy surfing!