On 04/08/2014 04:26, Larry S. wrote:
> I know generally what the sqlite d/b is all about, but this particular 
> one is a mystery. What's more, it makes up nearly half of my profile in 
> size.
> 
> What is its purpose? Can it be eliminated, or at least reduced in size? 
> If so, how?
> 
> Thank you for any insights.
> Larry S.

Bug 1005566 - Hovering mouse over a link causes SeaMonkey to send
packets to the link's address.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005566

Bug 1016622 - Rename Seer to Predictor
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1016622

From: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005566#c10

> This sheds more light:

> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/05/11/seer-disable-firefox/

> EXCERPTS:

> "Mozilla enabled Seer in Firefox 29 and all newer versions initially,
> but had to disable it again after a bug was discovered that caused
> slow downs for some users of the browser on shut down."

> "According to Mozilla, Seer is a major component of Necko Predictive
> Network Actions. Necko has been designed to 'improve page load time
> by performing overhead for connections before the connections are
> actually needed'."

> Well, no thanks.

Phil

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