I can't seem to load pages on the internet - very slow!!

[oceanauk]

I'm using Mozilla Firefox - usually it's fine but for the last few weeks I just cannot load a page properly - it will take forever or i'm continually refreshing until it works - can take about 10 mins each page!!!! Any ideas please??? Thanks!

[Ethel]

Is it a particular website, or every website?

Is Internet Explorer working ok for you?

Have you got the latest firefox? It should be 2.0.0.6

Have you got Skype with the bit that makes phone numbers highlighted and blue in the web pages?

[walia_ns]

How To Speed Up Firefox, Mozilla
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Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox,Mozilla up:

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.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!

Enjoy!

[oceanauk]

Yes have everything up to date Ethel. Thank you so much walia_ns for that very comprehensive answer - appreciate it!

[ronaldmojica]

Try to use a proxy site and your problem will be solve...

an article about proxy
http://ronaldmojica.com

the proxy site:
http://therealproxy.info