Comments on: Quick Tip: Turn off Prefetching in Firefox

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:05:10 +0000

I helped a friend switch to firefox recently and had him turn off prefetch since he has satellite internet and he gets “fapped” when he downloads over a set number of megs per day. A quite low number.
Anyone who is in this situation that also uses StumbleUpon must ensure they disable prefetch in SU as well.

By: Qrystal

Qrystal — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:30:02 +0000

I, personally, turn off prefetching because of the prefetched cookies. I have Firefox configured to ask me about whether to allow a cookie or not, and prefetching definitely slows my browsing when I have to choose whether to allow or deny cookies for pages I haven’t yet visited! (This is what usually reminds me to turn it off, when I set up Firefox on a fresh system. That’s why I’m here today, in fact!)

By: Cassidy

Cassidy — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:19:35 +0000

Peter: The filter bar will appear automatically when you type about:config into the address bar. It will show up at the top of the browsing area.

How-to Geek: Do you have a source to cite for the comment that prefetching slows Firefox down? My understanding is that only links that are explicitly designed to be prefetched ( or ) are going to be accessed via this mechanism. I’m pulling my knowledge from http://developer.mozilla.org/e.....tching_FAQ

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:30:47 +0000

Thanks for the tip but how does one show the “filter bar”

There is no entry in Firefox Help