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Usefulness?
Authored by: Anonymous on Nov 07, '02 10:10:03AM

I don't mean this sarcastically; I mean this as an honest, "I don't know so I'll ask" question.

What benefit will I see from implementing this hint? Will it improve browser speed, or merely conserve disk space?

Thanks much.



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Usefulness?
Authored by: Welles Goodrich on Nov 07, '02 10:47:36AM

I believe that the main benefit for broadband users would be cutting down on disk fragmentation. The amount a cache occupies isn't that big if you are using Navigator .6 and have your clear history cache set to one or two days. In fact, if you set the history cache to 0 days I wonder if that would do the same as adding this preference? (Nevertheless I added this to my preference file and am appreciative of the tip.)



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Usefulness?
Authored by: aaronfaby on Nov 07, '02 11:32:13AM

History and cache are two different things.

The history is the backlog of URL's that you have visited within the time specified in the preferences. The history is then used to autocomplete URL's in
the URL bar.



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Usefulness?
Authored by: bipto on Nov 07, '02 06:14:04PM

From a web developer's point a view, it's useful to set your cache to zero so you know you're always seeing the latest versions of pages, graphics, etc. From a regular user's point of view, I guess it's mostly about disk usage...



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A Little Honesty
Authored by: readparse on Nov 08, '02 08:17:41AM

Come on now, we all know it's all about hiding the porn :) Disk cache is something else you have to remember when covering your tracks.

Besides that, any browser cache that doesn't use a configurable amount of disk space is one that is often better off disabled. It's good to be able to control these things.



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A Little Honesty
Authored by: bipto on Nov 08, '02 09:20:03AM

Well, yes, another reason one might disable the cache would be to cover their browsing tracks...



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if chimera crashes...
Authored by: da5idonimac on Nov 11, '02 05:18:10PM

it won't work for me until i delete the disk cache. which can take a lot of time if you never clean it out (i AM forgetful).

this should solve that problem.



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