Comments on: How To Disable Prefetching in Firefox & Epiphany http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox-epiphany/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sunnz http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox-epiphany/#comment-4198 Sunnz Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:52:29 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox/#comment-4198 Exactly why would this cause problem with Squid? I have been having problems lately that Firefox keep on having problems with Squid, so I googled and I think this is the cause... but why would it be a problem with Squid? Prefetch sounds like a good feature to me, so I'd like to tweak things to have it to work with Squid if possible. Exactly why would this cause problem with Squid?

I have been having problems lately that Firefox keep on having problems with Squid, so I googled and I think this is the cause… but why would it be a problem with Squid?

Prefetch sounds like a good feature to me, so I’d like to tweak things to have it to work with Squid if possible.

]]> By: mlissner http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox-epiphany/#comment-4087 mlissner Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:32:03 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox/#comment-4087 You should really mention that prefetching doesn't run around downloading EVERYTHING all haphazard-like. It only downloads links that are specifically coded to be prefetched. So, it's not like you could go to a safe website, and your computer is going to be downloading information from a piracy one, or something. From what I can tell, this is a useful feature, since it will only download links that have been specifically set up to be downloaded. This would probably negate worries of prefetching from other domains than the one you're on. It's possible, but there isn't any motivation for it really...seems like a useful feature to me. You should really mention that prefetching doesn’t run around downloading EVERYTHING all haphazard-like. It only downloads links that are specifically coded to be prefetched. So, it’s not like you could go to a safe website, and your computer is going to be downloading information from a piracy one, or something.

From what I can tell, this is a useful feature, since it will only download links that have been specifically set up to be downloaded. This would probably negate worries of prefetching from other domains than the one you’re on. It’s possible, but there isn’t any motivation for it really…seems like a useful feature to me.

]]> By: troll http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox-epiphany/#comment-4084 troll Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:53:43 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox/#comment-4084 Thanks. I had forgotten about this feature. Very handy indeed when I open some 300 tabs simultaneously, I have been wondering why it has been bogging the browser down.. :-D Thanks. I had forgotten about this feature. Very handy indeed when I open some 300 tabs simultaneously, I have been wondering why it has been bogging the browser down.. :-D

]]> By: Vadim Peretokin http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox-epiphany/#comment-4083 Vadim Peretokin Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:59:55 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox/#comment-4083 I don't think it's a nasty feature at all. Without numbers (hit/miss, how much stuff was loaded faster because of this) you really can't blame it. I myself will be keeping it - I have an OK bandwidth limit, and would like faster browsing. I don’t think it’s a nasty feature at all. Without numbers (hit/miss, how much stuff was loaded faster because of this) you really can’t blame it.

I myself will be keeping it – I have an OK bandwidth limit, and would like faster browsing.

]]> By: Conor http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox-epiphany/#comment-4081 Conor Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:30:31 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox/#comment-4081 Hm, I've actually seen FasterFox blasted for prefetching functionality from the server admin standpoint. It's just absurdly wasteful of bandwidth, although it might have negligible benefits for browsing performance. Such griping, though, could be likened to websites crying foul when the Google 1.0 crawler made its initial rounds around the web. Hm, I’ve actually seen FasterFox blasted for prefetching functionality from the server admin standpoint. It’s just absurdly wasteful of bandwidth, although it might have negligible benefits for browsing performance.

Such griping, though, could be likened to websites crying foul when the Google 1.0 crawler made its initial rounds around the web.

]]> By: Eric Honaker http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox-epiphany/#comment-4080 Eric Honaker Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:59:31 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox/#comment-4080 What a peculiar feature. Thanks for the tip! What a peculiar feature. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Alexei Znamensky http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox-epiphany/#comment-4079 Alexei Znamensky Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:21:15 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox/#comment-4079 Chris, To tweak with that and other performance options in FF, I'd recommend the FasterFox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1269 Cheers, Chris,

To tweak with that and other performance options in FF, I’d recommend the FasterFox extension:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1269

Cheers,

]]> By: David Dallet http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox-epiphany/#comment-4078 David Dallet Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:19:49 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox/#comment-4078 Thanks for the info! I knew for a long time what prefetching mean but I couldn't even suspect that firefox does it. Sure it may have advantages, but I don't want it (even if I have no traffic limitation problem in my country). Thanks again, David Thanks for the info! I knew for a long time what prefetching mean but I couldn’t even suspect that firefox does it. Sure it may have advantages, but I don’t want it (even if I have no traffic limitation problem in my country).

Thanks again,

David

]]> By: Jason http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox-epiphany/#comment-4077 Jason Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:08:58 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox/#comment-4077 I don't mean to take people away from your site but look <a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php" rel="nofollow">here</a> for a good discussion of the pros and cons of prefetching and why's it's enabled by default: . There are a lot of comments so just ctrl+F prefetching and read. I don’t mean to take people away from your site but look here for a good discussion of the pros and cons of prefetching and why’s it’s enabled by default: . There are a lot of comments so just ctrl+F prefetching and read.

]]> By: John L. Clark http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox-epiphany/#comment-4076 John L. Clark Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:51:56 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/03/20/how-to-disable-prefetching-in-firefox/#comment-4076 Thanks very much for this tip; I had no idea that Firefox even performed this functionality, and I'm glad that I do, now (and it very quickly was turned off). Thanks very much for this tip; I had no idea that Firefox even performed this functionality, and I’m glad that I do, now (and it very quickly was turned off).

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