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Google Prefetching for Mozilla Browsers

Posted by Zonk on from the two-great-tastes-that-go-great-together dept.

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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  1. Re:Watch for this... by Juvenall · · Score: 5, Funny

    To be fair though, it's never appropriate to search for Vin Diesel.

  2. broken link, here is the correct one by grandmofftarkin · · Score: 3, Funny

    a href="http://www.google.com/help/features.html#pre fetch"

  3. Re:Awsome by Given+M.+Sur · · Score: 2, Funny

    This looks like it will be a really useful resource. Are there any other examples of the best way to do this? For other browsers.

    "Google uses a special prefetching feature in Firefox and Mozilla web browsers to provide this functionality, so results prefetching is not available in Internet Explorer or other web browsers."

    Now, is it really easier to post a question and wait for an answer than to just read the article?

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  4. Re:This is Potentially Dangerous by Rakshasa+Taisab · · Score: 4, Funny

    Note to self; Remember to turn of network.prefetch-next when googling for "child pornography".

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  5. Re:Watch for this... by switcha · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi there. I just came across your post. I was searching for "Vin Diesel" on Google...

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  6. Re:MSIE/MSN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The MSN homepage is actually built into the Windows Operating System.

  7. Re:PS... by argent · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ditto. Sometimes you actually learn something from slashdot... :)

  8. Re:Watch for this... by monkeydo · · Score: 2, Funny

    If he's the luckiest person alive, wouldn't he just need one lottery ticket?

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  9. great for slashdot? by danharan · · Score: 2, Funny

    We could do set this on /., so when you click on a discussion, it automatically pre-fetches the article!

    Uhmm... actually, never mind

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