> In my experience sites that do this are almost universally slower and less responsive than sites that just use normal links. Yup. A car analogy: "Instead of

> In my experience sites that do this are almost universally slower and less responsive than sites that just use normal links. Yup. A car analogy: "Instead of waiting for the driver to turn the steering wheel before causing the car to turn, we put the car on the back of a flatbed truck that tracks driver behaviour and tries to predict their intent. Then we can start turning the flatbed truck a little bit sooner to improve user experience."