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Firefox won't cache images
no matter

Posted on 10/23/2010 5:51:21 PM PDT by library user

I'm usually pretty good at answering my own PC/web questions, but no matter what size I set the FF cache too, every time I go to the same web site, the same images are re-loaded over and over again, each and every visit.

Is there a way to get around this?

Maybe type about:config in the address bar and tinker with a setting in there?

Any suggestions most appreciated.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: firefox
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1 posted on 10/23/2010 5:51:24 PM PDT by library user
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To: library user

what version ?


2 posted on 10/23/2010 5:54:05 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: library user

Check the web page source, perhaps they are specifying no cache.


3 posted on 10/23/2010 5:55:55 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("It's amazing, A man who has such large ears could be so tone deaf" Rush Limbaugh 9/8/10)
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To: libh8er

3.6.10 - I know there’s a 3.6.11 but haven’t updated just yet.


4 posted on 10/23/2010 5:57:23 PM PDT by library user
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To: NonValueAdded
Check the web page source, perhaps they are specifying no cache.

They can do that?! What a rip!!!

5 posted on 10/23/2010 5:58:03 PM PDT by library user
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To: library user

It may or may not be a browser problem. Go to about:config and type ‘cache’ in the search window and make sure all caching options are enabled. Some web pages have caching disabled through an instruction in the Http header. Check the html source to see if you see a “pragma= no cache” or something like that.


6 posted on 10/23/2010 5:58:03 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: library user

Fire the fox and hire a competent secretary.


7 posted on 10/23/2010 5:59:48 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
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To: library user

Is this a porn site you’re talking about?


8 posted on 10/23/2010 6:00:02 PM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo is very wily)
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To: libh8er

Tkink I found it.

browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl

Change it to true? It’s currently false.


9 posted on 10/23/2010 6:00:29 PM PDT by library user
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To: library user

I am an “Internet Professional” by trade so can I be the first in this thread to ask “Are you logged in?”


10 posted on 10/23/2010 6:02:35 PM PDT by Harry Pothead (Go Sarah!)
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To: library user
They can do that?! What a rip!!!

Sometimes it's for security reasons.. eg in public computers where the last user's login id/pwd or CC # could remain in the cache. Or it could be because of frequently changing content that don't always update in the browser because the browser reads a cached version.. Any number of reasons.

11 posted on 10/23/2010 6:02:42 PM PDT by libh8er
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Is this a porn site you’re talking about?

Magic 8 ball says:


12 posted on 10/23/2010 6:02:47 PM PDT by library user
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Change it to true? It’s currently false

Let that remain false ! SSL information is generally sensitive information like your credit card # and it's a good idea NOT to cache them, especially if your computer is used by others.

13 posted on 10/23/2010 6:04:57 PM PDT by libh8er
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Your disk is full. I've been storing recipies on it. I've moved them off. Try it now.

/johnny

14 posted on 10/23/2010 6:06:49 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: libh8er

Oh, shoot, I already changed it to true. I’ll go back and put it to false. However, the images on the web site did remain cached after I changed the setting to true.

I am only allowed 5GB per month with my current internet plan. Are there some settings you can recommend I change in Firefox to decrease the bytes I’m downloading while surfing the web?

I tried turning off images all together but that’s no fun.


15 posted on 10/23/2010 6:09:58 PM PDT by library user
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Recipes shouldn’t take up that much space. Feel free to put them back on, if you need too.


16 posted on 10/23/2010 6:11:14 PM PDT by library user
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To: library user

Does the url of that site, or at least of the images there begin with ‘https:’ That would explain it. To check the url of the images, right click on an image and then properties . The ‘s’ stands for ssl (secure socket layer)


17 posted on 10/23/2010 6:13:27 PM PDT by libh8er
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Nope, it’s just http — and I searched the source code for the word “cache” and it does not appear. Strange.


18 posted on 10/23/2010 6:14:17 PM PDT by library user
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To: library user

Interesting. Now I am curious. Sometimes a website will deliberately introduce a random number in the address to prevent the browser from caching. Something like
(&.rand =IHKJHKJ*&...) Since the random number is different every time you refresh the page, the browser is fooled into thinking it’s checking a different address every time, so it reloads everything. But I doubt that’s the case here. You said the browser started caching only after you enabled ssl caching even though the site itself non ssl. Strange.


19 posted on 10/23/2010 6:24:17 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: JRandomFreeper
"Your disk is full. I've been storing recipes on it. I've moved them off. Try it now."

Are any of them for a killer meatloaf?

20 posted on 10/23/2010 6:28:37 PM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik
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