(2005-05-07) Google Web Accelerator

Google Web Accelerator is causing lots of noise as it messes up apps that use HttpGet where they should really use HttpPost. Plus fear for potential future moves .

Mark Nottingham reviews some of the history of pre-fetching.

Oct'2005 update: it's back

• and not even using a User Agent value to distinguish itself.

  • that was a bug, not intentional

• Bill De Hora says you need to follow the bloody specs.

• Many WikiEngine-s use links where they should really use HttpPost.

• but there's also an issue of increased spider-load and bandwidth bills. Esp in a Wiki which is highly link-laden.

Isn't the whole thing kinda retro in a Broad Band era?