Increase Firefox Browsing Speed
1.Type about:config in the address bar and then press Enter.Then you will see a confirmation message.Now click I'll be careful,I promise.
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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.
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3.Go back to the Filter search bar and type network.http.pipelining.maxrequests Double-click this option and set its value to 10.
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4.In the Filter search bar and type network.http.proxy.pipelining Once opened double-click on it and set it to true.
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5.Type network.dns.disableIPv6 in the filter search bar and set this option to true by double clicking on it.
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6.This preference controls if the application will interrupt parsing a page to respond to UI events.It does not exist by default.
Right-click anywhere in the about:config window,select New and then Boolean from the pop-up menu.Then:
(i) Enter content.interrupt.parsing in the New boolean value pop-up window and click OK.
(ii)When prompted to choose the value for the new boolean,select true and click OK.
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7.This option controls the maximum amount of time the application will be unresponsive while rendering pages.
Right-clickanywhere in the about:config window,select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
(i)Enter content.max.tokenizing.time in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
(ii)You will be prompted to enter a value.Enter 2250000 and click OK
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8.CONTENT NOTIFY INTERVAL
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.
(i)Type content.notify.interval in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
(ii)You will be prompted to enter a value.Enter 750000 and click OK.
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9.CONTENT NOTIFY ONTIMER
(i)Type content.notify.ontimer in the New boolean value pop-up window and click OK.
(ii)You will be prompted to choose the value for the new Boolean.Select true and click OK.
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10.Notify Backoffcount
This option controls the maximum number of times the content will do timer-based re flows.After this number has been reached,the page will only reflow once it is finished downloading.Right-click anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
(i)Enter content.notify.backoffcount in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
(ii)You will be prompted to enter a value.Enter 5 and click OK.
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11. Right-click(Apple users ctrl+click)anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu
(i)Enter content.switch.threshold in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK
(ii)You will be prompted to enter a value.Enter 750000 and click OK.
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12.Mozilla applications will wait a short interval before first rendering a page.This preference controls that interval.Right-click(Apple users ctrl+click)anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
(i)Enter nglayout.initialpaint.delay in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
(ii)You will be prompted to enter a value.Enter 0 and click OK.
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Now restart Firefox and your browsing as well as downloading speed will be much more faster.