Network. Tor Messenger sends all traffic over Tor. We set the following preferences: network.proxy.socks_remote_dns (true), network.dns.disablePrefetch (true), network.proxy.socks_version (SOCKS5), network.proxy.socks_port (9152). Messaging Window. Hyperlinks are removed and converted to plain text.
Tuning Firefox Quantum This is a lot of processing for almost no gain especially if you have a good local DNS cache on your computer: network.dns.disablePrefetch;true ; Firefox will call home to keep track of how often you use it. If you don't like that then set: network.captive-portal-service.enabled;false Ubuntu vm under proxy: browser is not able to resolve dns network.dns.disablePrefetch-> default network.dns.forceResolve-> default network.dns.*-> all are default – Jordi Jul 2 '18 at 10:33 Place those values to disable/off and try using Firefox. – …
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Fix Slow Page Loading Issue in Mozilla Firefox » WebNots Oct 05, 2018 Web Browsers | PrivacyTools network.dns.disablePrefetch = true; network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS = true; network.predictor.enabled = false; network.predictor.enable-prefetch = false; network.prefetch-next = false; network.IDN_show_punycode = true Not rendering IDNs as their Punycode equivalent leaves you open to phishing attacks that can be very difficult to notice
Note that, there's no equivalent for Firefox / other browsers, other than end-user level configuration (e.g., in Firefox, setting network.dns.disablePrefetch to true). It's a question of security The argument boils down to, effectively, "Site owners of pre-fetched connections might be able to …
795109 – Thunderbird fails to detect DNS changes (In reply to Martin Stransky from comment #14) > Reporter, after the DNS change, can you try to clear it? in Menu Tools -> > Clear Recent History and select "Cache". > > You can also set those values in about:config: > > network.dns.disablePrefetch = true > network.dnsCacheExpiration = 0 The work around I use is turning "work offline" on and then "work offline" off and the DNS seems to be My TenFourFox About:Config tweaks - and my addons Aug 11, 2015 How To Increase Firefox Page Loading Speed - GreenGeeks Change network.dns.disablePrefetch to True. Next, change network.prefetch-next to False. Finally, change the value of network.http.speculative-parallel-limit to 0. Toggle Hardware Acceleration and WebGL. These functions use your graphics card to speed up certain functions, especially loading videos.