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A prerender/prefetch/dns-prefetch jQuery plugin

Features

• throttles prerender calls to a minimum of once every 500ms
• provides a simple API to create/update link rel="..." elements

Usage

1. include jQuery and Ben Alman's jquery.ba-throttle-debounce.min.js (http://benalman.com/projects/jquery-throttle-debounce-plugin/)
2. include jquery.pre.js
3. call $.pre or jQuery.pre in a DOM ready function:

$(function() {
  // prerender a page (type defaults to prerender)
  $.pre('http://www.example.com/path/to/whatever');

  // prefetch some assets
  $.pre('http://www.example.com/path/to/big.jpg', 'prefetch');
  $.pre('http://www.example.com/path/to/big.css', 'prefetch');

  // dns-prefetch some addresses
  $.pre('//host_name_to_prefetch.com', 'dns-prefetch');
});

Notes

• not tested in jQuery < 2.0
• needs testing...please try it out and post any issues you encounter