I for one would like to say a word of appreciation and thanks to the moderators who help so many people on this forum. I would also like to remind all you people who post your urgent problems on any of the forums that it only takes a minute to say "thank you" to the person who helps you resolve your problem. I know how very frustrating it is to follow a problem until it is (presumably) resolved and then have the person who posed the problem disappear without any acknowledgement of having been helped. Think how you would feel is you had invested your time and your expertise in helping someone and they didn't even say "thank you." - jayt 
Google Web Accelerator Returns
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 22:41, 26th October 2005 GMT
Source: Beta News
Google's controversial Web Accelerator application that is designed to lessen the time it takes to load Web pages has returned after a four-month hiatus. But the second revision of the application, which is still in beta, does not address concerns with the first release, webmasters say.
In order to speed up Web surfing, the tool automatically downloads URLs linked from the page a user is visiting. The concept is called "pre-fetching," and was also added as an optional feature in recent builds of Mozilla Firefox.
Google Web Accelerator takes pre-fetching one step further and works like proxy server, caching content so users don't have to deal with potentially slow Web servers or network problems. Google has placed servers in North America and Europe to ensure low latency when browsing.
However, the approach was heavily criticized this summer when users reported Web Accelerator was loading administrative links for editing or deleting content. In addition, members of Internet forums using the tool found themselves loading pages previously cached by other users - meaning they can view that user's account information and private messages.
Webmasters were forced to utilize a special HTML tag that detects pre-fetching to block access to Google Web Accelerator altogether.
Google quickly took the Web Accelerator application download offline, saying it had reached its maximum capacity of users. The company also said it would take webmaster concerns into consideration, and reiterated that the program was only in beta.
Now, Google Web Accelerator has returned as version 0.2, but site owners are crying foul once again. "It was evil enough the first time around, but this time it's downright scary," wrote David Heinemeier Hansson from 37signals, maker of an online application called Backpack that experienced problems with the initial release.
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