this is a one-off observation, so it's too little to file a bug report over, but maybe someone can corroborate this:
If I overwrite an existing image with a new version and a thumbnailed version of that image is part of some article, then the thumbnail will not change to the new version until and unless I change the thumbnail size. Also, I found I had to upload the new version of the image twice for the actual main image to change.
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:39:21 +0200, Jens Ropers ropers@ropersonline.com wrote:
this is a one-off observation, so it's too little to file a bug report over, but maybe someone can corroborate this:
If I overwrite an existing image with a new version and a thumbnailed version of that image is part of some article, then the thumbnail will not change to the new version until and unless I change the thumbnail size. Also, I found I had to upload the new version of the image twice for the actual main image to change.
I think those are a browser cache problem rather than a bug - just making a 'hard' reload (control-F5 or control-reload or control-R or whatever) of the page probably would probably have worked as well as re-uploading.
Andre Engels
With me resetting Safari between each activity? (Resetting Safari totally scraps the cache and everything else except the local favicon repository.) Ah sure, blame it on the client box. Prolly contaminated by psytonic bogons. ^_^
On 25 Oct 2004, at 08:50, Andre Engels wrote:
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:39:21 +0200, Jens Ropers ropers@ropersonline.com wrote:
this is a one-off observation, so it's too little to file a bug report over, but maybe someone can corroborate this:
If I overwrite an existing image with a new version and a thumbnailed version of that image is part of some article, then the thumbnail will not change to the new version until and unless I change the thumbnail size. Also, I found I had to upload the new version of the image twice for the actual main image to change.
I think those are a browser cache problem rather than a bug - just making a 'hard' reload (control-F5 or control-reload or control-R or whatever) of the page probably would probably have worked as well as re-uploading.
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On Oct 24, 2004, at 11:50 PM, Andre Engels wrote:
I think those are a browser cache problem rather than a bug - just making a 'hard' reload (control-F5 or control-reload or control-R or whatever) of the page probably would probably have worked as well as re-uploading.
Check Squid also.
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:50:30 +0200, Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com wrote:
I think those are a browser cache problem rather than a bug - just making a 'hard' reload (control-F5 or control-reload or control-R or whatever) of the page probably would probably have worked as well as re-uploading.
Can I just correct what seems to be a common piece of misinformation regarding Mozilla and derivatives: Ctrl-R does *not* perform a Force Reload; for that you need to also hold down Shift. I've suspected this for some time, despite the opposite being widely claimed, and have just checked the online Help (under Moz1.6), which under "Mozilla Keyboard Shortcuts:Navigator Shortcuts:Page Viewing Shortcuts" includes the following table fragment (sorry if it gets mangled by non-proportionality of typefaces):
Command Windows Macintosh Linux Reload Ctrl+R Cmd+R Ctrl+R Force Reload (not from cache) Ctrl+Shift+R Cmd+Shift+R Ctrl+Shift+R
The refresh button on the toolbar is similarly forced using the shift key, or so the "Browsing the Web:Navigating Web Pages:Stopping and Reloading" section of the same online manual implies: "To refresh the current page and reset all changes made (if the page contains a form), hold down the Shift key and click the Reload button, or press Ctrl+Shift+R (Cmd+Shift+R on Mac OS)."
I am about to correct the advice page on en.wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Clear_your_cache) that has this information wrong, but wanted to mention it here so that anybody who sees it elsewhere can also correct it. It seems to be a rather persistent myth, perhaps because pages marked no-cache will be flushed from the browser's cache with or without modifier keys.
[Now I look, the instructions on that page for IE seem to be incorrect, as well; I'll have to try and confirm that now...]
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