Prefetch links when hovered

Speculatively prefetches hovered links to speed up browsing.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Prefetch links when hovered
// @description    Speculatively prefetches hovered links to speed up browsing.
// @author         Anon
// @version        0.1.6
// @license        CC0 1.0 Universal; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
// @include        *
// @require        https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js
// @grant          GM_xmlhttpRequest
// @grant          GM_log
// @namespace      https://greasyfork.org/users/4614
// ==/UserScript==

var alreadyPrefetched = {};
var excludedPatterns = /sign[\s_-]?in|sign[\s_-]?out|log[\s_-]?in|log[\s_-]?out|sign[\s_-]?up|(un)?subscribe|(un)?register|edit|delete|purge|remove|send|submit|apply|confirm|cancel/i;
var prefetchStartTimerID = 0;
var currentRequest = null;

function testRegExp(regexp, strings)
{
	for (var i = 0; i < strings.length; i++)
	{
		if (regexp.test(strings[i]))
			return true;
	}
	
	return false;
}

$("body").on("mouseenter", "a", function (e)
{
	var anchorObject = $(e.target);
	var anchorHref = anchorObject.attr("href");
	var anchorInnerText = anchorObject.text();
	var anchorTitle = anchorObject.attr("title");
	
	if (anchorHref === undefined || alreadyPrefetched[anchorHref])
		return;
		
	if (/^#/.test(anchorHref) || testRegExp(excludedPatterns, [anchorHref, anchorInnerText, anchorTitle]))
	{
		GM_log("Did not prefetch \"" + anchorHref + "\" because it contained an excluded pattern."); 
		
		return;
	}
	
	clearTimeout(prefetchStartTimerID);
	
	prefetchStartTimerID = setTimeout(function ()
	{
		GM_log("Prefetching \"" + anchorHref + "\"..");
		
		currentRequest = GM_xmlhttpRequest({ 
			method: "GET", 
			url: anchorHref, 
			onload: function() 
			{
				GM_log("Successfuly prefetched \"" + anchorHref + "\".");
				
				alreadyPrefetched[anchorHref] = true;
				currentRequest = null;
			},
			
			onabort: function()
			{
				GM_log("Aborted prefetching \"" + anchorHref + "\".");
			}
			});
	}, 200);
});

$("body").on("mouseout", "a", function (e)
{
	if (currentRequest)
	{
		GM_log("Aborting current request..");
		currentRequest.abort();
		currentRequest = null;
	}
	
	clearTimeout(prefetchStartTimerID);
});