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The nostateprefetch tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Chrome's hover-prefetch and render boost features, which aim to speed up browsing by preparing pages on mouse hover without full prerendering. Topics include trade-offs around privacy, resource use, and side effects for websites and users. The tag is relevant for users interested in browser performance optimizations and Chromium development.
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    Chrome hover-prefetch and render boost: faster browsing without full prerender

    Google's work on making Chrome feel faster has quietly returned to an old idea with a modern twist: the browser is now experimenting with using simple mouse hovers as a signal to prepare pages before you click, and it has added a lower-level "render boost" that gives active page loads more...
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