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Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox 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. Last, 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.

Note:
These settings are saved to your "prefs.js" file once you quite the browser.