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(Create a one-stop location for DNS Performance Discussion/Strategy) |
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* Href prefetching is disabled by default on securely connected sites. | * Href prefetching is disabled by default on securely connected sites. | ||
* History is not stored in private browsing sessions, so awesome bar suggestions from private browsing should already be excluded from such prefetching. | * History is not stored in private browsing sessions, so awesome bar suggestions from private browsing should already be excluded from such prefetching. | ||
''Note: Private Browsing shouldn't impact DNS prefetching - Private Browsing is there to keep the browser's local state unaffected while the mode is on. It does not mean that the network is unaware of what the user is doing.'' | |||
=== Suggestions for moving forward === | |||
* User Study | |||
Find out about users' comfort level with DNS prefetching; speed versus leaking tracking information. | |||
* Telemetry Data | |||
Put together some math theory to describe variables etc. and get telemetry based on this for real world, useful values. This data may be more helpful for the user study to present hard numbers for consideration. | |||
* Once both of those are done, an informed decision can be made and referred to in the future. | |||