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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
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   title="NEW - Add support for &lt;link rel=preload&gt;"
   href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158720">158720</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>Add support for &lt;link rel=preload&gt;
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          <th>Classification</th>
          <td>Unclassified
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>WebKit
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>WebKit Nightly Build
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>Unspecified
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          <th>URL</th>
          <td>https://w3c.github.io/preload/
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Unspecified
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>Normal
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P2
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>Page Loading
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>webkit-unassigned&#64;lists.webkit.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>mike&#64;w3.org
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>beidson&#64;apple.com, yoav&#64;yoav.ws
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        <pre>Preload provides a declarative fetch primitive that initiates an early, high-priority, and non-render-blocking fetch and separates fetching from resource execution.
Declaratively specifies which resources (e.g., fonts) the user agent must fetch early to improve page performance.

- spec: <a href="https://w3c.github.io/preload/">https://w3c.github.io/preload/</a>
- use cases: <a href="https://w3c.github.io/preload/#use-cases">https://w3c.github.io/preload/#use-cases</a>

Browser-engine support:

- Blink: Shipped in Chrome 50 <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/03/link-rel-preload?hl=en">https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/03/link-rel-preload?hl=en</a>
- Edge: “Priority: Medium — Development is likely for a future release” <a href="https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/status/preload">https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/status/preload</a>
- Gecko: Open feature bug <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222633">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222633</a></pre>
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