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by tonyedgecombe 3387 days ago
"When you follow a link, Turbolinks automatically fetches the page, swaps in its <body>, and merges its <head>, all without incurring the cost of a full page load."

Is the cost really that high to warrant this?
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WildGreenLeave 3387 days ago
It prevents the browser from requesting all the external files (CSS and/or JS), so yes, it may be that high.
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tonyedgecombe 3384 days ago
I would have assumed they would be cached?
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