Alot of people I know dont like firefox because its slow. after following my insteructions here, firefox will be anything but slow:

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. Lastly 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.
   
   If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!"