max number of concurrent file downloads in a browser?

Question

Two related questions:

1. What are the maximum number of concurrent files that a web page is allowed to open (e.g., images, css files, etc)? I assume this va

Answer 1

I know at least in Firefox, this value is configurable (network.http.max-connections, network.http.max-connections-per-server, and network.http.pipelining.maxrequests), so I doubt you'll get a definitive answer on this one. The default is 4, however.

What are you attempting to accomplish?