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I have downloaeded Firefox 8.0 but lthe speed has not increased and I do not have the search status bar has disappeared. What canI do to get lspeed andlthe search status bar.

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I downloaded Firefox 8.0 but the speed has not increased and the status bar has disappeared. Can I get the status bar restored canthe speed be increased?

I downloaded Firefox 8.0 but the speed has not increased and the status bar has disappeared. Can I get the status bar restored canthe speed be increased?

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The default of the pref network.http.max-connections has been increased from 30 to 256 in Firefox 6+ versions.

Try to decrease the value of the pref network.http.max-connections from 256 to 30 as used in Firefox 3 versions.


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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).