Network.prefetch-next

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This article describes the preference network.prefetch-next. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
- 2.1 true
- 2.2 false
3 Caveats
4 UI
- 4.1 Mozilla Suite
5 Recommended settings
6 First checked in
7 Has an effect in
8 Related bugs
9 External links

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Background

Link prefetching is when a webpage hints to the browser that certain pages are likely to be visited, so the browser downloads them immediately so they can be displayed immediately when the user requests it. This preference controls whether link prefetching is enabled.

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Possible values and their effects

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true

Enable link prefetching. (Default)

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false

Disable link prefetching.

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Caveats

This preference has no effect in mail clients.

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UI

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Mozilla Suite

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Recommended settings

For sites that use prefetching, disabling this preference will decrease the amount of bandwidth used, but increase the time required to navigate sites.

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