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2008-03-25 , 21:53
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Originally Posted by GeraldKo View Post
about:config?browser.cache.memory.capacity=8192 in a third.
The "-1" must be a typo, no? Any conclusion on what's best?
It will depend on the total ram which is why I just gave up and went back to -1 ( let microb automatically set the size ). For a n810 with 64MB of swap this automatically sets it to 6mb. The nice thing about -1 is that this will work on any system any autoset.

Then for max-connections, you sometimes suggest 2, sometimes 3, and sometimes 4.

For max-connections-per-server you've been at 1 and at 4 (although you're consistently at 1 for persistent connections per server).

With pipelining maxrequests you've been at 1,000 and at 10,000.
max-connections should be between 2-4 to not swamp the system. I'm using 4 right now. As for the pipelining the 10,000 was a typo... but realistically both are meant to far exceed any webserver side restriction and make the pipelining effectively unlimited. These prefs are meant to reduce the TCP overhead while rendering. It's wasted time to have the browser and the tcp stack fighting it out waiting for data.

I'm also wondering if you're still recommending these additions to the prefs.js file:
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay",2000);
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 1250000);
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
yes on the pipelining don't know how I missed it on the last post, the others seem to improve the performance in such a small way, but both increase the latency and produce side effects so no.

Not knowing linux and working off of cheatsheets of commands, I can't figure out how to edit the prefs.js file. I can get to it via emelFM2. But then it seems I can only view it, can't even copy the file's contents as text.

In Xterm I've tried, before and after sudo gainroot, "less /home/user/.mozilla/microb/prefs.js" and "vim /home/user/.mozilla/microb/prefs.js" and "gvim /home/user/.mozilla/microb/prefs.js" -- but to no avail. (I do it, of course, without the " ".)

Obviously, I don't know what I'm doing!

So, how do I edit the prefs.js file?
It's owned by user, so you do not need to sudo gainroot.

I use vi because it's what I'm used to, but you should be able to install nano or pico from one of the repos. Both should provide a much easier editor.

(I haven't learned ssh yet. If that's the easiest, I guess just say so. I've downloaded OpenSSH and I've installed WinSCP on my WinXP laptop, but I haven't tried using it yet. I haven't even figured out if I'm supposed to use them with USB or wifi.)

brontide, none of this pointing-out of the discrepancies is meant critically. I really appreciate your doing the experimenting and publishing your conclusions for all of us. But since I understand none of the changes (except for font size ), I'd like to get it as close to right as you know on my first try.
 

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