Probably a really stupid question

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

I want an option that, as soon as one page has displayed, I can identify the next page, get it to download all that, but keep it on hold until I am done viewing the present page, then when I am ready, a single click and SHAZZAM! there is my next page all ready to display immediately, and I can order the subsequent page to pre-load.

Use this browsing method:

1. Use Firefox
1.5 Turn off tab option "when I open a new tab switch to it immediately"
2. Ctrl-click on links to "pre-load" them -- in tabs
3. When done reading current tab, hit ctrl-W to close it. New tab opens with content you have pre-loaded in the background.

FWIW, automatic preloading of links on the same page has been attempted since 1998. It has never really worked.