Re: View Source from cache

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 15143
interpreted = N
texte = >>I though the View Source button was supposed to display the page from >>the browser's cache instead of loading a fresh copy from the server. >>Then again, browsers don't always behave the way I think they should > >I imagine that since it's a CGI-generated page, it has a no-cache >flag set that forces the browser to reload anyway, even for a View >Source. Interesting side-effect, since that means merely viewing >the source could cause page counters to increment, purchases to >happen twice, etc.That doesn't happen with Netscape 2.02, which is what I still use here, so I sure hope that's NOT what's going on with some of the newer browsers, because if it is, that's a bad thing ... :(Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/. Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: View Source from cache (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  2. Re: View Source from cache (bob 1997)
  3. Re: View Source from cache (Olin 1997)
  4. Re: View Source from cache (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  5. Re: View Source from cache (Olin 1997)
  6. Re: View Source from cache (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  7. View Source from cache (Grant Hulbert 1997)
>>I though the View Source button was supposed to display the page from >>the browser's cache instead of loading a fresh copy from the server. >>Then again, browsers don't always behave the way I think they should > >I imagine that since it's a CGI-generated page, it has a no-cache >flag set that forces the browser to reload anyway, even for a View >Source. Interesting side-effect, since that means merely viewing >the source could cause page counters to increment, purchases to >happen twice, etc.That doesn't happen with Netscape 2.02, which is what I still use here, so I sure hope that's NOT what's going on with some of the newer browsers, because if it is, that's a bad thing ... :(Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/. Kenneth Grome

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