TSGL: IE refresh latency

[Tilman Brandl]

Don,

ok, seems I was wrong: with Maxthon SHIFT+F5 will refresh ALL the open pages 
... F5 should do this for a single page though, but you told us this 
wouldn't help.... Cleaning out the cache when Maxthon closes btw doesn't 
help much during updating a page - you'll get it into the cache again if 
it's not already there, I guess. But as I've mentioned earlier, your 
specific browser settings decide how often pages are getting loaded.

I'm using Maxthon myself, and whenever I update any of my websites I first 
try it in Maxthon locally - then after I've done the upload, I call that 
page repeatedly and amend it until it looks fine. There I NEED the latest 
version each time, of course.

< it sometimes happens when I'm
upgrading my own personal website. Not enough traffic to warrant
server-side caching I'd have thought.>

You may be right, but I guess all would depend on your IPs server and how 
it's set to cache pages or not. Your IP btw won't distinguish your own 
private site from others (unless maybe you're hosting that site in that very 
place? I'm not sure though). I've however NEVER seen the effect you 
describe, and I do NOT empty the cache each time the browser closes, only 
manually once a month or so.

One other thought: There is software out there that does (at least CAN) 
cache pages on it's own - like wordpress itself, or specific addons. In case 
you use such software, you should check any caching that might happen in the 
background.

Otherwise ... I'm stumped.

Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Penlington
  To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
  Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 5:14 PM
  Subject: Re: TSGL: IE refresh latency


  At 02:54 PM 2/6/2008 +0100, you wrote:
  >My guess: It's coming from your provider who'
  >probably caches often called up pages>>

  Your reasoning is logical, it sure does appear that it's some sort of 
cache
  in effect.

  Highly unlikely it's a server cache though, as it's a new small private
  website in course of construction. And it sometimes happens when I'm
  upgrading my own personal website. Not enough traffic to warrant
  server-side caching I'd have thought.

  I normally F5 to refresh. In any event, IE shouldn't need refreshing if 
its
  cache is empty (which it is).

  Don Penlington