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How can you tell when the browser is retrieving from a cache?
Is it possible to tell when a browser is retrieving a page from a cache?
I've thought that opening a new tab and directly browsing to the URL would make a fresh pull request from the server, but ...
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Web browser without HDD access
I'm wondering if there is a way to disable all browsing-related drive access (history, cookie jar, disk caches) in either Firefox or Google Chromium (Linux).
Basically, I'm running this on a laptop, ...
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Skip-the-server-cache feature in browsers
Years ago, I used Lynx (the Web browser). And it had a neat feature: you could follow a link normally, or you could specify that you wanted a non-cached copy. Regular link loading, or link reloading. ...
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All browsers won't reload/refresh, even if Ctrl+F5 is pressed
I'm working on a wordpress theme which is hosted on Hostgator.
Now whenever I add/remove a widget, then I reload the page altered, but nothing happened. Even if I press Ctrl+F5.
It happens on all ...
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Does web browser uses previously saved cache in private browsing?
All the current versions of top five web browsers support private browsing mode, where they don't save anything as history or cache or cookies. But do they use cache saved from previous normal session?...
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Google Chrome not using local cache
I've been using Google Chrome as a substitute for Firefox not being able to handle having lots of tabs open at the same time.
Unfortunately, it looks like Chrome is having the same problem. Freakin ...
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Google Chrome and Firefox cache in Ubuntu?
Where can I find the cache used by Google Chrome and Firefox in Ubuntu?
sam
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Do Chrome and Firefox share a browser cache?
So I was having a problem with some stuff on SO not working that was similar to this post on Meta which recommended clearing the browser cache.
Now it wasn't working in both Chrome and Firefox and I ...
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