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How long does chrome & firefox cache a file if no "expires" or "max-age" tag is set?
I would like to know what the default max-age is of an image or css file, but can't seem to find it anywhere.
Someone suggested it was only 300 seconds, but that doesn't seem to be correct.
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Chrome, Firefox, and the mistery cache
I am developing a website. It's just few lines of html. No phg, nothing fancy, very simple.
When I upload my file (Core ftp), the updates don't show on Chrome. I hard reloaded it 1000 times. F5, Ctrl ...
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Flush Chrome and Firefox DNS cache from command line?
Occasionally, I need to do a scorched Earth cleansing of my local DNS cachi. The most common scenario for this was that I was using OpenDNS, and when a name would fail to resolve (it was a hostname ...
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Clear cache for a site in different browsers
I need to test a site in different browsers. Clearing browser cache deletes cache for all sites.
How to clear or reset cache for a particular site in different browsers?
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Looking at Installing Chrome/Firefox on SSD on New Acer Aspire A517 Laptop Running Windows 10 Pro
The new laptop I'm getting has both an SSD (256GB) and a HDD(1TB), with Windows installed on the SSD. SSDs are kinda new for me, so I checked around and saw the a number of people have issues with ...
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Why are all links suddenly purple (visited)?
How do web browsers remember which links have been clicked (and thus, color them purple/differently)?
As of this week, all links in my Google searches have suddenly turned purple, as if they've 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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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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Where does my browser save youtube videos? [duplicate]
If I suddenly lose my Internet connection, all of the Youtube videos that were pre-loaded by my browser (Chrome or Firefox) can still be watched and watched again, since they are saved somewhere in ...
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Different Redirection Results
When my brother uses any of his browsers to try to go to olbert.com, or www.olbert.com, he gets redirected to a non-existent site (which was a valid site I used to operate). This occurs in both ...
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How can I avoid a specific site been saved into cache?
How can I avoid a specific site been saved into cache memory, in Google Chrome or any other browser, in order to have it always "fresh" every time I reload the page?
If it is OS related I would like ...
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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?
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What is the maximum file size that will be cached by a browser?
Note that I don't mean the maximum size of the browser cache. I mean, what is the maximum size, if any, of individual files that will be cached by the major desktop browsers? Mobile versions optional.
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How to add a cache file to browsers like Chrome/Firefox/etc.?
For example, there is a website hosting a Shockwave Flash app which is restricted to be used on that specific site. However, the network of the site is poor so that loading the entire .swf from the ...
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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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