Firefox support for browser settings

platform/chromium/vapi-background.js

@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ vAPI.storage = chrome.storage.local;
 // https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/issues/234
 // https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/privacy#property-network
 
-chrome.privacy.network.networkPredictionEnabled.set({
-    value: false,
-    scope: 'regular'
-});
-
 vAPI.browserSettings = {
     set: function(details) {
         for ( var setting in details ) {

platform/firefox/vapi-background.js

@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ window.addEventListener('unload', function() {
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 vAPI.browserSettings = {
+
+    setBool: function(branch, setting, value) {
+        try {
+            Services.prefs
+                    .getBranch(branch + '.')
+                    .setBoolPref(setting, value);
+        } catch (ex) {
+        }
+    },
+
     set: function(details) {
         for ( var setting in details ) {
             if ( details.hasOwnProperty(setting) === false ) {
@@ -105,11 +115,11 @@ vAPI.browserSettings = {
             }
             switch ( setting ) {
             case 'prefetching':
-                // noop until I find what to use in Firefox
+                this.setBool('network', 'prefetch-next', !!details[setting]);
                 break;
 
             case 'hyperlinkAuditing':
-                // noop until I find what to use in Firefox
+                this.setBool('browser', 'send_pings', !!details[setting]);
                 break;
 
             default:

src/js/start.js

@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ var onUserSettingsReady = function(fetched) {
 
     µb.contextMenu.toggle(userSettings.contextMenuEnabled);
     vAPI.browserSettings.set({ 'prefetching': !userSettings.prefetchingDisabled });
+    vAPI.browserSettings.set({ 'hyperlinkAuditing': !userSettings.hyperlinkAuditingDisabled });
 
     µb.permanentFirewall.fromString(fetched.dynamicFilteringString);
     µb.sessionFirewall.assign(µb.permanentFirewall);