- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:40:14 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Laurent Perez <l.laurent.p@gmail.com>
- Cc: whatwg@whatwg.org
On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, Laurent Perez wrote: > > I'm testing the prefetch attribute of <link> tags described at > http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/links.html#link-type-prefetch > > I've only seen it work on Firefox desktop and mobile, on Chrome desktop, > and on Android 4.0 stock browser. Mobile Safari, Opera, IE10 or Chrome > for Android do not support it. > > Has this feature been abandoned because of lack of vendors interest? Abandoned by whom? You listed five browsers (using two browser engines) that support it. :-) I suspect further interest in this area is probably more likely to come in the shape of the prerendering feature, though: http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/2012-March/035065.html http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/2012-November/037833.html Currently, only Chrome has indicated any interest in this feature. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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