title: How to turn off Safari's prefetch feature?
body: <p>Safari has a "feature" which preloads pages while you are typing in the url. </p>
  
  <p>Now for most users this is indeed a feature, speeding up page loads. But for web developers it can cause trouble - especially when it automatically loads scripts (such as importers or background scripts) that you have used earlier but have no intention of running currently.</p>
  
  <p>This happens under Safari 8.x but it is possible that this was also the case on older versions.</p>
  
  <p>Also, note that this feature is distinct from "DNS prefetch" which is the only related explanation I have come across - I have disabled DNS prefetch and that did not solve this issue...</p>