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There were various Firefox plugins that implemented something like that, and they've been heavily criticized for the additional cost to the websites. One I use
by GFischer 15y ago
There were various Firefox plugins that implemented something like that, and they've been heavily criticized for the additional cost to the websites.
One I used was called Fasterfox.
"Prefetching is considered an aggressive practice when it's initiated by the client, and plug-ins like Fasterfox have been widely criticized for supporting it"
http://books.google.com.uy/books?id=DyVgAez6yg8C&pg=PA296&lpg=PA296&dq=fasterfox+criticism&source=bl&ots=n2arp5etMs&sig=XTHJ6_f-sXpYO_GX7s5k9THtRWw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O7szT56nGeX40gGn2uzDAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=fasterfox%20criticism&f=false http://books.google.com.uy/books?id=DyVgAez6yg8C&pg=PA29...
- finnw 15y agoThere is also a local proxy server (cannot remember the name but it has been around since the late 90s) that can do the same for any browser. Last time I looked at it, it was not intelligent and would preload every .html link on the page, plus any .css or .js they referred to.