Re: Improving If-Modified-Since
Albert Lunde (Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu)
Tue, 15 Aug 1995 22:14:01 -0500 (CDT)
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> > If the user requests a "Reload" operation, they are asking for a
> > new copy of the resource from its origin.
>
> We obviously have different opinions on what a "reload" should do.
>
> My interpretation of "reload" is to check everything on the page
> and retransfer any objects that have changed.
This is a case where it doesn't pay to be too clever.
If everything works perfectly, there is seldom a reason for
people to use "reload". The two cases I use it are when I have
a document that looks like it was corrupted by a transmission
error or when I have outside information that a document *has*
changed (usually because I'm editing it.)
In neither case do I want a local or remote cache be in the picture.
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Albert Lunde Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu