FasterWeb

FasterWeb

Browse the web faster.

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What is FasterWeb?

"FasterWeb" is a Chrome extension that significantly improves your browsing speed by preloading web pages. The extension works best on pages within the same site, excluding action-triggering pages for your safety. With FasterWeb, your web pages start preloading the moment you hover over a link, making your browsing experience smoother and faster.

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Stats
Stats date:
Version: 23.11.8 (Last updated: 2023-11-19)
Creation date: 2019-07-15
Manifest version: 3
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 25.70K
Email: Click to see
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Summary
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FasterWeb uses just-in-time preloading; it preloads a page right before you click on it.

Faster Web works best on pages that are on the same sites. Pages to external sites are still faster but generally not enough to be noticeable.

How it works: Before you click on a link, you hover your mouse over it. When you have hovered for 65 milliseconds there is one chance out of two that you will click, so Faster Web starts preloading at this moment, leaving on average over 300 ms for the page to preload.

Pages that trigger an action (such as logging out or deleting something) are excluded. (FasterWeb won’t preload pages with a “?” in their URL.)

FasterWeb — previously called FasterChrome — is based on instant.page, a library that you can add to your site in just one minute to give it the same speed boost.

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ADS & PROMOTION When using FasteWeb, you may encounter advertisements for other extensions and affiliates links. These situational ads allow us to develop the product and make it free for you - our users. For additional information, please, read our Privacy policy: https://browsecraft.com/privacy/fasterweb-privacy-policy

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Helps in loading websites faster
  • Improves browsing experience
  • Preloads linked pages
Cons
  • Injects intrusive ads into the Google Searches
  • Opens ad pages and websites without user consent
  • Conflicts with Internet Download Manager, affecting downloads and potentially triggering automatic downloads
  • Affects the insertion of images in Google Documents
  • May reduce the life of SSD
Most mentioned
  • Interference with downloads when used with IDM or similar download managers
  • Unwanted ads and websites opening without user consent
  • Conflicts with certain functions of Google Documents
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Safety
Risk impact

FasterWeb is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install FasterWeb if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

FasterWeb is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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