Google Prefetching for Mozilla Browsers

kv9 writes "A post on GoogleBlog reveals that Google has enabled results prefetching for Mozilla based browsers, which means that the top results of queries are being loaded in the background and pages will load faster. More info on the Mozilla Prefetching FAQ and the Google Webmaster FAQ"

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Re:Google/Firefox "Synergy"

[TheAwfulTruth]

"Helping" each other out?

You mean "Helping to destroy both Google and FF as they are now both completely untrustworthy".

Do you not see the huge evil that is the downloading of webpages that you never wanted or intended to click on?

The utter wasted bandwidth?

The unintentional DL or porn at a work site?

The fact that the FBI is asking for connect logs to certain sites they don't like and now your machine or your work may unintentionally be in those logs?

The only rational thing for anyone to do would be to immediately disable this "feature". So why bother implementing it in the first place?

Answer: Because most people probably wont disable it and when it is enabled, Google's paid ads will get more "clicks" and google can make more money of course.

Is this something we really want to participate in? It's "Synergy" allright, but the results are positively evil.