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Preloading responsive images

Newly available since 2023-12-11
Tags: api html

The imagesrcset and imagesizes attributes with the rel="preload" attribute for the <link> HTML element starts fetching responsive images before they're found in the body of the document.

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Browser support

  • Chrome 73 Released on 2019-03-12
  • Chrome Android 73 Released on 2019-03-12
  • Edge 79 Released on 2020-01-15
  • Firefox 78 Released on 2020-06-30
  • Firefox for Android 79 Released on 2020-07-28
  • Safari 17.2 Released on 2023-12-11
  • Safari on iOS 17.2 Released on 2023-12-11

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