On 19.05.2011 10:33, David E. Ross wrote: --- Original Message ---
> On 5/19/11 8:18 AM, Jay Garcia wrote: >> On 19.05.2011 08:51, Rick Merrill wrote: >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >>> How can you tell if a site you frequent >>> is setup to use prefetch of web pages? >>> >>> >> >> I think you're confusing prefetch with "cache". There is no prefetch as >> such for web pages. >> >> To find your cache entries in SM, enter about:cache in the URL location >> window and then under Disk Cache Device, click the link "List Cache >> Entries" - a list of all cached sites,etc. will be displayed. >> > > No prefetch? On the SeaMonkey menu bar, go to [Edit > Preferences]. On > the Preferences window, select [Advanced > Cache] under Category (left > pane). On the bottom of the Cache pane is a checkbox to enable > prefetching. > > See <https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Link_prefetching_FAQ>. > >From the FAQ: "When the user visits one of the prefetched documents, it can be served up quickly out of the browser's cache" .. Note: cache :-) With today's connection speeds, CPU and RAM speeds, I see no advantages to what they call "prefetch", same theory basically as Windows PreFetch which IMHO is useless. They're also referencing an outdated http/1.1 spec as well. -- *Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion* www.ufaq.org Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Thunderbird _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
