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last edited by BillSeitz on Jul 2, 2008 5:26 am

Google Web Accelerator is causing lots of noise as it messes up apps that use HttpGet where they should really use Http Post. 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 Wiki Engine-s use links where they should really use Http Post.
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?

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