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232395 2004-04-27 06:40:00 This pipelining tweake can be used on Mozilla/Firebird/Firefox. I added this tweake to my user.js file a couple of weeks ago ... can't say I have noticed much difference in by webpage loading (although I am on 256K Jetstream). It certainly makes no difference to PF1 page loading :D

You can read more about the tweak here (www.mozilla.org) and here (texturizer.net).

It is dependent upon whether the web server supports this feature.
Jen C (20)
232396 2004-04-27 09:05:00 > The question then begs to be asked then:
> Why are these settings not the default if they are so
> much better??

Most sites still don't support pipelining so it may cause problems .

As for the render delay (and a similar one that sets how often moz renders the partially loaded page), if you get out your stopwatch you will probably find the page actually loads slower, esp . on older systems .
BUT, because it updates more frequently it gives the impression of speed (which is a good thing) .
bmason (508)
232397 2004-04-27 13:29:00 How the hell does that work? :):)

Thanks.
Zippity (58)
232398 2004-05-01 02:12:00 > How the hell does that work? :):)
>
> Thanks .

Feedback .

People get very impatient waiting at a static screen after a very short time . When the screen is updated more frequently it looks like things are happening faster .

You can do a similar thing with a loading animation, eg the apple spinning busy cursor . If you run the animation at 40fps rather than 4 fps the user will get the impression things are happening faster .
bmason (508)
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