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I don't get it. This feature appeared years and years ago. The FAQ itself mentioned "starting with Firefox 3.5" which is from 2009. This isn't new, and it's not
by billyhoffman 12y ago
I don't get it. This feature appeared years and years ago. The FAQ itself mentioned "starting with Firefox 3.5" which is from 2009. This isn't new, and it's not unique to FireFox. Modern IE has something like this as well.
HTTP/2's Server Push implements this concept at the protocol layer.
- theandrewbailey 12y agoSupport for this is already widespread, so it can be used right now. HTTP/2 support is very low, and I'm not sure if this should be a protocol level responsibility or not.
- billyhoffman 12y agoI completely agree with you about HTTP/2 push. I guess I don't understand why this prefetching via HTML tags or HTTP headers is getting discussed now on HN . Its several years old, and there have been no new advances, short of HTTP2, which is not mentioned in this FAQ. The FAQ itself hasn't been updated in quite some time
- theandrewbailey 12y agoJust because it's old doesn't mean that it's useless, or widely known.