INCREASE FIREFOX SPEED-ABOUT:CONFIG TRICKS

Firefox is a well known open source browser and is widely used around the world for it being secure, stable and fast. With this tutorial you will be able to explore the hidden speed of Firefox which will boost the speed of Firefox and make your Firefox much more faster.
Download the latest version of Firefox from here. Now install the Firefox. To speed up Firefox follow these steps.For those who are unsure about the changes, please first refer to this post:
1) Type about:config in the address bar and then press Enter.


And you will see a confirmation message like this:


Now click I'll be careful, I promise!


2) You will see a label there Filter, just next to it type network.http.pipelining. Now be sure the value field is set true, if not double-click to set true.


3) Go back to the Filter search bar and type network.http.pipelining.maxrequests Double-click this option and set its value to 40.

4) In the Filter search bar and type network.http.proxy.pipelining Once opened double-click on it and set it to true.

5) Type network.dns.disableIPv6 in the filter search bar and set this option to true by double clicking.

6) Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window, select New and then Boolean from the pop-up menu. Then:


A. Enter content.interrupt.parsing in the New boolean value pop-up window and click OK.

B. When prompted to choose the value for the new boolean, select true and click OK.


7) Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window, select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
A. Enter content.max.tokenizing.time in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 2250000 and click OK.

8) This option sets the minimum amount of time to wait between reflows. Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window, select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
A. Type content.notify.interval in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 750000 and click OK.

9) A. This option sets if to reflow pages at an interval any higher than that specified by content.notify.interval. Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Boolean from the pop-up menu.
B. Type content.notify.ontimer in the New boolean value pop-up window and click OK.
C. You will be prompted to choose the value for the new boolean. Select true and click OK.

10) Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
A. Enter content.notify.backoffcount in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 5 and click OK.

11) Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
A. Enter content.switch.threshold in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 750000 and click OK.

12) Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
A. Enter nglayout.initialpaint.delay in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 0 and click OK.


That's it! Now restart Firefox and your browsing as well as downloading speed will be much more faster. Good luck.