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Prefetch links when hovered

Prefetch links that were hovered for several milliseconds

As of 2014-08-21. See the latest version.

Author
Anon 2
Ratings
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Version
0.1.0
Created
2014-08-21
Updated
2014-08-21
Size
1.69 KB
License
Public domain
Applies to
All sites

Speed up browsing by speculatively prefetching links right before they are clicked. This is done by tracking mouse entry and exit.
Especially useful when navigating to secure URLs ("https://"), as the rather lengthy TLS handshake is performed in advance.

The script tries to avoid prefetching links containing potentially undesirable patterns such as log in/out, subscribe, delete etc.

Inspired by:
http://www.peterbe.com/plog/aggressively-prefetching-everything-you-might-click