Open Firefox Always in Online Mode in Ubuntu 8.04

In Ubuntu Hardy Heron, firefox always open in offline mode. This is really very annoying.To open firefox always in online mode do the followings :

1. Open firefox

2. In the address bar type the following and then press enter

about:config

3. In the filter bar paste the following :

toolkit.networkmanager.disable

4. Double click on it and make its value to “true”.

5. Restart firefox.

Now firefox will always open in online mode.

Speedup Firefox

Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit enter. In the filter box, type the following

network.http.pipelining

Double click on it and make it “true”.

Then again, type the following in the filter box

network.http.proxy.pipelining

Again, double click on it and make it “true”.

Similarly type the following in filter box and set it to 20. This means it will be able to make 20 requests at a time.

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Now, right-click anywhere and select New-> Boolean

and name it

network.http.pipelining.firstrequest

and set it to “true”.

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

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 receives. Also create another integer

content.notify.interval

and set its value “0”.

When you go to download multiple files you may notice that Firefox will only let you download two files at a time. If you want to download more you have to increase the number of connections Firefox can make. Type the following in the filter box

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server

and set its value to 8. Now you can able to download 8 files simultaneously.

Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit enter. In the filter box, type the following

network.http.pipelining

Double click on it and make it “true”.

Then again, type the following in the filter box

network.http.proxy.pipelining

Again, double click on it and make it “true”.

Similarly type the following in filter box and set it to 20. This means it will be able to make 20 requests at a time.

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Now, right-click anywhere and select New-> Boolean

and name it

network.http.pipelining.firstrequest

and set it to “true”.

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

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 receives. Also create another integer

content.notify.interval

and set its value “0”.

When you go to download multiple files you may notice that Firefox will only let you download two files at a time. If you want to download more you have to increase the number of connections Firefox can make. Type the following in the filter box

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server

and set its value to 8. Now you can able to download 8 files simultaneously.