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Updated Dashboard: Settings (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2015-06-15 10:56:18 -04:00
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Dashboard:-Settings.md

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### Below more details for the non-self-explanatory items
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#### Make use of context menu where appropriate
If checked, this gives permission for uBlock to add items in the context menu which are meant to improve convenience. Currently, only one item is added to the context menu, _"Block element"_, which purpose is to launch the element picker in order to filter out a specific element on a page.
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#### Color-blind friendly
Currently mostly useful for users who checked _"I am an advanced user"_ (see below).
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#### I am an advanced user
If you check this, this will enable [uBlock's dynamic filtering](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering), and the dynamic filtering pane will become available from uBlock's popup UI.
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_Advanced user_ mode also enables the ability to filter [behind-the-scene network requests](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Behind-the-scene-network-requests).
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#### Disable pre-fetching
Checking this will disable prefetching in your browser. When prefetching is enable, the browser _can_ still establish connections to remote servers even if the resource from these remote servers are meant to be blocked by uBlock.
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> If you turn this setting on in Chrome, websites (and any of their embedded resources) that are prerendered or prefetched may set and read their own cookies as if you had visited them before -- even if you don’t visit the prerendered or prefetched pages after all.
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#### Disable hyperlink auditing/beacon
Checking this will prevent hyperlink auditing/beacon<sup>[1]</sup>. _Hyperlink auditing_ and _Send beacon_ are best summarized as "phone home" features (or even "phone anywhere"). The details are well explained [here](http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/hyperlink-auditing-aka-a-ping-and-beacon-aka-navigator-sendbeacon.364904/).
<sub>**[1] Important note:** _"Send beacon"_ can not be disabled in Chromium. Advanced users can filter behind-the-scene network requests, where the beacon-related network requests show up.</sub>
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#### Backup/restore section
The bottom-most section is for you to easily backup/restore/reset all settings in uBlock.