Re: View Source from cache
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 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 usehere, so I sure hope that's NOT what's going on with some of thenewer browsers, because if it is, that's a bad thing ... :(Sincerely, Ken GromeWebDNA Solutionshttp://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/.
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>>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 usehere, so I sure hope that's NOT what's going on with some of thenewer browsers, because if it is, that's a bad thing ... :(Sincerely, Ken GromeWebDNA Solutionshttp://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/.
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