Browser reading nonexistent code

[Karen Campbell]

I was hoping this would solve the problem in 2.01 for Windows, but it 
doen't seem to.  As far as I can tell, with the Windows 2.01 version we 
are stuck with clearing the cache manually to reload. 


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Karen Campbell	                           Bush Memorial Library
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On Sat, 8 Jun 1996, Peter Stone wrote:

> Re:
> >I have also had this happen, specially when editing, saving, then uploading
> the 
> >file to another site.  To save time reloading a file, Netscape will use the 
> >memory and disk cache files.  Since the old version of the html is saved in
> the 
> >cache, Netscape will simply reload that file.  I have found that clearing
> these 
> >cache files (done from the options menu), then reloading will force
> Netscape to 
> >contact the offsite computer for the most current file.
> 
> You don't have to clear the entire cache to force the reload of a page: as
> the Netscape manual says:
> 
> Reload 
>     . If you press the Reload button while holding  down the Shift key
> (Option key on Macintosh), Netscape retrieves a fresh version from the
> network server regardless of whether the page has been updated (the cache is
> not used).
> 
> Peter
> 
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