# Fun with Firefox

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-firefox/469207>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 23, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-firefox/469207 "2008-10-23T13:57:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-firefox/469207/21 "2008-10-24T17:09:39Z")

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These two arent fun but they’re help keep you safe.  
Adblock Plus and Noscript.

Download Statusbar makes the downloading interface a lot nicer too.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-firefox/469207/22 "2008-10-24T18:25:22Z")

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> [@E-Sabbath](#):
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> Filterset.g updates Adblock.

I should stress that you _shouldn’t_ install Filterset.g if you get Adblock Plus. Adblock Plus updates itself.

[Remove It Permanently](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/521) allows you to just cut elements out of a webpage in a persistent fashion. You can cut things out of that page, all similar pages, and even all pages in that domain. Very useful.

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**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-firefox/469207/23 "2008-10-24T23:44:45Z")

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Well, it’s not an extension, but…

This is something I did to my firefox at home, as well as here at work.

1. In the address bar, type in “about:config” (no quotes please!)

It might give you a warning to not mess with it unless you know what you’re doing. Say okay to that.

1. In the filter bar (which is basically like a search), put in “network.http.pipelining” (again, no quotes)

2. Set network.http.pipelining to “true” if it isn’t by double-clicking it.

3. Double-click network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to make a new window pop up. This displayed number is basically (AFAIK) how many connections your computer opens to a site when you go there. Think of it as drinking a soda through more straws. More numbers, faster page load times. Don’t make it too high, though. I keep mine at home around 10 IIRC.

I also set network.http.proxy.pipelining to “true” but I’m not sure if it did anything. Didn’t seem to hurt anything anyway.

This didn’t hurt my firefox/computer at all, but as always, just gotta say the disclaimer to mess with things in that configuration screen at your own risk. 😛

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**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-firefox/469207/24 "2008-10-25T00:41:55Z")

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> [@Derleth](#):
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> I should stress that you _shouldn’t_ install Filterset.g if you get Adblock Plus. Adblock Plus updates itself.

Hmm. Looks like something updated when I wasn’t paying attention. Well, you live, you learn. Deskcut, though, is a right-click send to desktop shortcut thing. My dad loves it.

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