Default Firefox settings

[Dennis Jacobfeuerborn]

Christopher Aillon wrote:
> Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
>> Does upstream think the default settings as provided in the vanilla
>> distribution should be adjusted as set forth in [2] ? If they don't, I
>> think we shouldn't either.
> 
> Several of the preference tweaks will indeed enhance performance for a 
> reasonably large percentage of websites but will cause a not 
> insignificant number to break.  (By refusing to load, hanging the 
> browser, etc.)  The prefs are generally that way for a good reason.
> 

Does there exist any useful statistical data out there to verify the "not 
insignificant number" claim? I've been browsing the web with pipelining 
enabled for ages and have yet to come across a page that doesn't work. Is 
the problem real or one of these myths that stay around because people read 
on the internet that pipelining has problems so it must be true?

Regards,
   Dennis