Of course, if the prefetcher retrieves links plus all the inline images/
applets/embeds/etc for that link, then it could be a nightmare.
Ian
-- Ian Graham ........................................ ian.graham@utoronto.ca Information Commons Tel: 416-978-4548 University of Toronto Fax: 416-978-7705 > I am wondering if anyone has read the article: > www.yahoo.com/headlines/961127/entertainment/stories/online_livewire_1.html > > They are talking about both NetJet and Blaze. Here is a quote from > that article: > > "When someone is reading a Web page, the preloaded browsing feature > in both programs scans the page for hot links to related pages, then > downloads those pages to cache memory so they'll load faster if the > user decides to view them." > > Now, if this becomes an enhanced feature for web-browsers, then > I suspect that rogue-robots will not be the worst of our problems ... > Web-users will. > > gregf. > -- > Greg Fenton || Email: gregf@mks.com > Professional Services || Phone: +1-519-883-3265 > MKS Inc. || Web: http://www.mks.com/ > --------------------------------------------------------- > _________________________________________________ > This messages was sent by the robots mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail > to robots-request@webcrawler.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. > For more info see http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/robots.html >_________________________________________________ This messages was sent by the robots mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to robots-request@webcrawler.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. For more info see http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/robots.html