| Mozilla Firefox is an excellent web
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| | network bottlenecks by packing multiple
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| browser that does a much better job than
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| | requests into a single data packet.
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| Internet Explorer when it comes to
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| | Increase Your Firefox Memory Cache
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| protecting your privacy and computer
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| | Your computer will automatically allot a
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| security. Unfortunately, Firefox can
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| | memory cache for your Firefox browser.
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| sometimes be slower than Internet
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| | Increasing your browser cache will
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| Explorer. The speed difference between
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| | actually increase the amount of objects
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| the two browsers is one of the main
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| | that your browser can retain, which cuts
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| reasons why most people do not change
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| | down on time spent retrieving information
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| their browser from the quicker yet more
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| | from your hard disk or a web server. As a
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| vulnerable Internet Explorer to the
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| | result, your frequently visited pages
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| slower but more secure Firefox browser,
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| | will load much faster.
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| the other reason being that Firefox
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| | You can modify the cache settings by
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| introduces many new features that simply
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| | going to the Firefox tools menu and
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| take more time to learn than some users
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| | clicking on Options. From here, click on
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| are willing to invest. To get the best of
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| | the "Advanced" tab, then the "Network"
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| both worlds - speed and security of
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| | tab. On the network tab, you can specify
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| browsing - you can download Mozilla
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| | any cache size you like, but it is
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| Firefox and speed it up with these tips.
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| | doubtful you will need more than about 32
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| Pipelining
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| | Megabytes of cache.
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| This tweak is very easy to accomplish. On
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| | Block Unwanted Advertisements
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| your Firefox web browser address bar,
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| | One of the best ways to speed up Firefox
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| type about:config, then press Enter.
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| | is by using an Ad Removal extension, such
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| Scroll through the list of values and
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| | as AdBlock Plus. AdBlock Plus can be
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| look for these three crucial pipelining
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| | installed at and it works to block
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| settings: network.http.pipelining,
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| | annoying banner ads. AdBlock Plus also
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| network.http.proxy.pipelining, and
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| | features a "learning" feature, meaning
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| network.http.pipelining.maxrequests. You
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| | you can right-click on unblocked ads and
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| can use the filter to easily find each of
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| | set them to be blocked, as well. Even
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| these entries.
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| | with no other optimizations, Firefox will
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| For the pipelining entry, you should
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| | load most pages much faster than Internet
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| change the value to true. Just double
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| | Explorer when using AdBlock Plus, because
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| click the false value to make this
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| | it does not have to worry about
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| change. For the maxrequests entry, the
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| | downloading all of the annoying, unwanted
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| default setting is four. Change the value
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| | ads that clutter up so many webpages.
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| to your desired number. This value
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| | Another plugin, called FasterFox,
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| determines how many page requests Firefox
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| | implements a large number of tweaks based
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| is capable of making. You can go as high
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| | on increasing the speed of your browsing.
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| as 8 to speed up your tabbed browsing.
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| | FasterFox is available from:
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| Finally, go to proxy.pipelining and
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| | With these tips, you can speed up Firefox
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| change the value from false to true.
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| | considerably, so don't let the slow
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| Doing the above steps will give you
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| | performance you may have experienced
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| greater browsing speeds by allowing
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| | deter you any longer. Firefox works to
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| Firefox to process and send requests
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| | provide a much safer browsing experience
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| simultaneously instead of waiting until a
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| | than Internet Explorer, and its plugin
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| response has been received from a
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| | interface allows for unprecedented levels
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| previous request. This will also reduce
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| | of customization and convenience.
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