[Linux] Firefox on a weak wireless connection

[Kwan Lowe]

> I am running in the hills of North Carolina on a rather weak wireless
> connection, typically showing between 30-40%. System is Thinkpad T43
> running SUSE 10.0. Firefox (2.0.0.3) is almost unusable with frequent
> timeouts, even with auto load of images turned off. Some sites (like
> forums) will load but are extremely slow, most (like yahoo) time out.
> OTOH, running Internet Explorer 6.0 via Wine works very acceptably. The
> obvious solution for me is to use IE but I miss the tabs and such. Any
> thoughts on why Firefox is so poor on a weak connection? It works fine
> at the local coffee shop with 90% strength wireless as well as wired
> when home.
>
You might try some of the settings on this page:
http://www.techspot.com/guides/44-firefox2-tweak-guide/page13.html

To access these configs, put "about:config" in the URL bar of Firefox.

Useful settings include hetwork.http.pipelining and network.prefetch.next.
I mention these because their usefulness depends a lot on the type of
connection you have.

> Lou
> (sure like the weather here)

My co-worker just moved up there.. got a job with some Linux company
that's up there... Something about crimson sombreros...