Trick to Increase Browsing Speed for IE and Firefox

IE and Firefox

You really don't need to tweak your browser in case you are using Firefox because it is a browser which has been specially designed for optimized and fast browsing but if you can make it even a little more fast that would certainly be a treat for you. Likewise there is a trick to make Internet Explorer 6 fast too. Browsers are designed to work with fast connections but with this trick even dial-up users can experience fast and smooth browsing.

Optimize Firefox and IE Browsing Speed

I shall be teaching you two tricks which work separately on Firefox and Internet Explorer. It doesn't require you to be some expert rather all you have to do is change some registry values and you are done. I have also included a video tutorial for those who want to see it step by step visually. This is perhaps one of the oldest tricks to optimize Firefox and IE but it still works great.


Trick to Increase Firefox Speed

  1. Open firefox and in the address bar write about:config and press enter
  2. Double click network.http.pipelining and set it to True
  3. Double click network.http.pipelining.maxrequests and set value to 10 from 4
  4. Right click and create a new string nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0

You are done. Enjoy lightning fast Firefox browsing and now for IE.

Trick to Increase Internet Explorer Speed

  1. Go to Start --> Run and type regedit
  2. Select HKEY_CURRENT_USER --> Software --> Microsoft --> Windows --> Current Version --> Internet Settings
  3. Increase the values (DECIMAL) from default to a higher value e.g. 10

See the difference in speed of IE :D

Here you go with a step by step video tutorial

Don't forget to apply this tweak and share your thoughts if the magics work and don't forget to bookmark this post too.

  • Firefox trick works but was not able to find the corresponding values in registry for IE.decimal values are not present in Internet settings. Am using XP and IE7. Hey you have small typo for trick to increase internet speed. The path should be :

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER –> Software –> Microsoft -> Windows –> Current Version –> Internet Settings

    Anyway since i use mostly Firefox , so IE doesn't matter much to me :) ... great tip
  • Hey thanks for pointing that out :) I have fixed the path now and it will work brilliant now.

    Yeh! even for me IE is not that charming anymore. Firefox is amazing and there is no doubt about that.
  • jignet
    Ya Firefox works good but there is something missing..
  • It didnt make much diffrence to me in IE.
  • Nice post ... !! Buy Sadly i'm toooooooo busy these days to apply n test :P ... will try later ... but Great Post :D !
  • jignet something missing where can I know?

    Madhur Kapoor lol even hacks don't work in IE :D Firefox for the win

    Cold Fire Do share your thoughts when you test it out.
  • Thanks for the quick tips! I will need to browse around a while to see it's effect.
  • You are welcome :) I tested this tweak on my firefox and for me the effect was visible instantly
  • Kara
    Have tweaked Firefox just now. Now I have to see if it does speed it up
  • Tarun jai
    hi... i jus tried de above procedure but ther is no significant change in de speed! am using firefox 3 beta 4... wil de above procedure work for dis firefox??
  • Very good
  • rebel
    I just applied the IE tweak and it's amazing... web pages are opening like never before... but sadly it has had no effect on file downloading speeds... I work from office pc and cannot download software... so any download accelerating software is ruled out... however I applied the tweak midway while downloading the file... may be the next download works faster...

    Anyway great work. Thank you!
  • sudheer sheikh
    yah it is very usefull for me more fast browsing than previous
  • arnab
    your tip really works for firefox, no such change in case of IE
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