If you aren't already using Mozilla's Firefox browser, drop everything immediately and make the switch. We could start listing all the reasons why it's a superior web browser - pop-up blocking, tabs, enhanced security, the plethora of custom extensions - but then we'd melt into a heap of gushy software rapture. And that would be a little creepy. Even for us.

If you're already using Firefox on a broadband connection, here's some tweaking you can do to make your browsing even faster.

What do you think so far?
  • 1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:



    network.http.pipelining

    network.http.proxy.pipelining

    network.http.pipelining.maxrequests




    Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

  • 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 some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

  • 3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.