TSGL: IE refresh latency--explanation?

[H Davis]

Don,

I would agree with Ian that trying another browser would localize the 
problem to your machine or elsewhere.

H Davis

Ian Ramsey-Planck wrote:
> " Do all web hosts work that way I wonder?" - No, it would be weird if yours
> did for some reason.
>
> I don't know if my last message got through.. copied it below.
>
> After reading everyone else's posts. I recommend doing this: Install
> Opera(http://www.opera.com), If you upload the file and it's still the same
> for hours/days then it has something to-do with either the server or your
> ISP. Installing Opera will determine if it is a caching problem on YOUR own
> computer.
>
> Thanks
> Ian R-P
> iarp at cogeco.ca
> http://www.iarp.ca
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Don Penlington
> Sent: February 9, 2008 10:36 AM
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Subject: Re: TSGL: IE refresh latency--explanation?
>
> I think I've figured out what's happening, thanks to your many and varied 
> suggestions.
>
> When any web page is called up by a viewer, it remains in the host's cache 
> for a certain number of hours before it gets deleted.
>
> This would, I think, explain why the ftp software shows the newly-loaded 
> page ("View source") on the host but the browser is downloading the old 
> page from the cache. If I "view source" on the downloaded page in browser, 
> it shows the old coding.
>
> I tried Will's idea of deleting the page before re-loading it, but that 
> didn't make any difference. Nor would I expect it to if my explanation is 
> correct, as the old page would remain in the server cache.
>
> Does that sound logical?
>
> It's a darned nuisance when you're in the middle of refreshing a website, 
> as you can't check your results until next day. But it does result in 
> almost instant downloads of each page.
>
> Do all web hosts work that way I wonder?
>
> Another possibility I guess is that my ISP caches all web pages for a 
> certain time, though that wouldn't make a lot of sense as it would 
> effectively disable the refresh button.
>
> Don Penlington
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