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| Thread ID: 15841 | 2002-02-18 11:19:00 | Refreshing web pages/time stamps. | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 36191 | 2002-02-18 11:19:00 | Evening All According to my shortcuts list, Ctrl + F5 will: 'Refresh the current web page, even if the time stamp for the web version and your locally stored version are the same.' Now ever since I learned about this key combination, I've been inclined to use it 'just to make sure' I get the latest info (sorry about all the quotes, Robo - I'm trying to cut down gradually). However, it occurs to me that if I understand the idea of a time stamp correctly, then I will always get the most up-to-date result with F5 alone. In other words, Ctrl + 5 is pointless. What am I missing here? |
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| 36192 | 2002-02-18 11:47:00 | Pressing F5 on its own doesn't *always* refresh, as your browser may think that the cached page is exactly the same as the page on the server, whereas Ctrl+F5 will download a fresh copy of the page from the server whether it wants to or not. | Guest (0) | ||
| 36193 | 2002-02-19 10:41:00 | Thanks, Mike - but I'm not sure I understand. If the timestamp changes when the content of the page changes, then why wouldn't a new page be fetched from the server when F5 detects a timestamp change? |
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