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    #32
    ressem
    Registered Users Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    Those of you using firefox, have you tried setting the network.http.pipelining flag to true?

    I haven't noticed pages stalling for 10 sec+ since, but might just be a coincidence.

    View /set the flag by entering about:config in the address bar.


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    #33
    Stark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,991 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Oh you mean the setting that absolutely hammers websites?


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    #34
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,803 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    I thought it was just prefetching that did that. What's the problem with pipelining?


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    #35
    TempestSabre
    Registered Users Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭TempestSabre


    I've noticed no difference between firefox and ie (6 or 7). Loading times are poor to dire, most of the time. The rest of the time its ok.


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    #36
    ressem
    Registered Users Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/http/pipelining-faq.html
    "Pipelining can also dramatically reduce the number of TCP/IP packets. With a typical MSS (maximum segment size) in the range of 536 to 1460 bytes, it is possible to pack several HTTP requests into one TCP/IP packet. Reducing the number of packets required to load a page benefits the internet as a whole, as fewer packets naturally reduces the burden on IP routers and networks."

    It's off in mozilla/firefox by default, as a small number of old/embedded webservers might not follow the standard. But works with boards and does appear to be an improvement.


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    #37
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    I have fasterfox set NOT to try and speedup boards - each page on boards is 'expensive' because of the number of database accesses that vB does. Be nice kids!


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