[HM] Re: Microsoft IE Question

[David Crandon]

Thanks Duane, I didn't know that's how the browser collects info about
the page viewed. Problem is, I still don't understand the settings. I've
read and reread the choices several times and it appears that all the
settings will download a new page if any content has changed. Which
setting just displays the page I looked at 2 min ago without downloading
any newer info. Also, what's a "session"?

David

Duane Murphy wrote:
> 
> --- At Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:15:10 -0800, David Crandon wrote:
> 
> >You didn't say what system you are running, but if I assume it's OSX, I
> >have two suggestions.
> >
> >1.     Switch to Safari. It's incredibly fast.
> 
> But be aware that Safari is still beta software. It's not perfect and not
> yet complete. There are some websites that donot work with Safari; but
> not many.
> 
> >2.     Here's the IE explanation for it's cache settings. See if you can
> >figure out what it means..I can't.
> 
> Let me add some information. Everytime a web page is received by your
> browser,  the page includes caching information. The page indicates how
> much time that the page is good for. This is what controls the setting
> described below.
> 
> The idea is that the browser can send quick message asking if the page
> has changed since the last time it requested it. These settings contol
> that request.
> 
> Some websites present dynamic information that is updated often. EBay
> wants to update all the information about auctions, Amazon has new sales
> and ads, news web sites want to make sure you have the very latest
> information. While you might see a "list of link" that list of links is
> generated by the server based on who you are, what time of day it is, and
> several other changing factors. So sometimes it is important to reload
> the page.
> 
> You can turn this off as shown by these settings, however, be aware that
> you will be viewing stale old maybe even incorrect information because of
> that choice. Basically this places the control in your hands to reload
> the page when you want the information updated.
> 
> So yes, it's annoying, but in many respects it is necassary.
> 
> >               Cache
> >
> >Once Per Session
> >       Checks for updated content only if you return to a Web page you visited
> >in a previous Internet Explorer session. If the page has changed,
> >Internet Explorer displays the newer version of the page and stores a
> >copy in the cache.
> >
> >Never
> >       Displays Web pages you previously visited by downloading their content
> >from the Web.
> >
> >Always
> >       Checks for updated content each time you return to a Web page. If the
> >page has changed, Internet Explorer displays the newer version of the
> >page and stores a copy in the cache.
> 
> >Greg McNeil wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >> Why does a page containing a list of links (like eBay or MadFixIt)
> >> always completely reload after using the back button to return from one
> >> links to the main page?
> >>
> >> I'm not sure I described the very well so I will go thru it in steps.
> >> I'm on a page which contains a list of links. I click one of the links
> >> and view a new page. I click the back button but instead of just going
> >> back to the list of links the page completely reloads. This is
> >> especially annoying when the list of links contains lots of slow
> >> loading information. Also annoying is the need to scroll from the top
> >> of page to find the next link you want to view.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> 
>  ...Duane