Definitions
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- noun
Agent noun ofpreload ; one who, or that which, preloads.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Either make them load invisibly (the site is all black) or add a progress bar / spinning wheel kind of preloader indicator.
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If you have many extensions in Firefox and keep a lot of tabs open, this preloader will save you time when loading Firefox.
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My secret weapon is the outdated but still applicable firefox preloader.
Speed Up Slow Firefox 3.5 Windows Start-Ups | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Also, the firefox preloader helps a bit with startup speed.
Speed Up Slow Firefox 3.5 Windows Start-Ups | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I just tried this preloader thingy and even though it was made in 2005, WOW!
Speed Up Slow Firefox 3.5 Windows Start-Ups | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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If you have many extensions in Firefox and keep a lot of tabs open, this preloader will save you time when loading Firefox.
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You can make any type of UI, preloader/no preloader, entry options, etc. in Flash.
SmallTown.com: Small Town Reviews, in Flash Marshall Kirkpatrick 2005
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Even THREE YEAR OLDS have learned to click ‘close’ well before all these crapola Flash sites with stupid preloader can hit 12%.
Adobe’s Flash Not Good Enough for Steve Jobs Mark Hendrickson 2005
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How to build a simple preloader, looping animation, and even some simple ActionScript.
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In preloader. swf we don't store our main. swf in a variable of type Main, but of ILoadable.
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