This was a tip I came across online. If you’re using FireFox and have a broadband connection, this should speed up your requests and shorten your page load times. I’ve done it and it seems to load much faster.

Basically it sets it to send 30 requests at once to the server and sets it to act immediately on the information it receives. Here’s the 8 steps to a faster experience. Remember, only do this if you have a broadband connection [ie. Cable, DSL, T1... ]

1. Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return.
2. In the filter box type “network.http.p”.
3. Double-click “network.http.pipelining” to set it to true.
4. Double-click “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to set it to true.
5. Double-click “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” and change its value to 30.
6. In the white area right click and click on New > Integer.
7. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to 0.
8. Exit and re-open FireFox.
9. You should now load pages much faster than before.