On 19.05.2011 15:56, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: --- Original Message ---
> Jay Garcia wrote: > >> Since a prefetched page(s) is/are put to cache, I don't know if there >> is any indication that those pages are the ones "prefetched". >> >> And .. I think that this prefetch function is only workable as >> intended with a slow dialup type connection. My main website with >> over 800 pages is quickly accessed to any page from any page quite >> quickly. I don't really think I could tell the difference >> with/without prefetch. > > I like to watch videos online, and even with a broadband connection > (about 25 MB/min or 1500 kBps), they can sometimes take awhile to load > (probably due to slow/busy servers). For example, if my 36-minute > program is broken into three 12-minute chunks, I routinely open three > tabs, and launch all three chunks, then quickly pause the second and > third ones, allowing them to load without playing. I view the first one, > and by the time I'm done, the second is ready to go. Automatic > prefetching could come in handy here, especially since the website links > the second and third chunks to the first and I have bandwidth to burn. > Prefetch does nothing the first time you access the videos. And I don't think that's the purpose of prefetching anyway. Prefetch as I understand it is for pages with multiple links referencing other pages on the same site, eg., the prefetch link in the header of the index page would reflect <link rel="prefetch" ..>. -- *Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion* www.ufaq.org Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Thunderbird _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
