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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 11/03/10 11:37
David Graham wrote:
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> I have gone to the page with the free Flash Tutorials links - I'm presently
> streaming the Flash movie from the site. I did Tools - page Info and it has
> one line that says 'Cache Source Not Cached' which doesn't look to
> hopeful. I think I'll wait for it all to reach me and then I'll use the save
> as button in the info page - if I have any luck I will post again.
Not sure, since signup is required to see what you are experiencing I
cannot help you much.
> One fundermental point I'm sure you could clear up for me is about the
> cache. I'm starting to doubt everything I thought was true. I used to think
> that the various elements that make up a web page e.g. .gif's, .jpgs etc
> were stored in a cache on the hard disc e.g. Temporary Internet Files folder
> for IE but now I'm thinking are these things actually on my hard disc. They
> all have an internet address next to them and if you double click them they
> will open OK while your connected to the internet but file not found comes
> up if your not connected.
Whether something gets cached or not depends on several factors, browser
related, server related and coding. IE caches in hiding folders and the
files retain their file extensions (Windows-centric), but Firefox gives
them a coded filename, e.g., 'D9C2D4D6d01' with a hex viewer, like
WinBrowse, Hexpert or Norton's Diskedit you can see the files actual
contents (either plain text for html, css and js; or binary for images
and media and other binary data)
> What's more when I browse TIF folder with Paint
> Shop Pro I don't get lots of little thumbs of all the pictures. Yet I
> allocate a fair chunk of my C: drive to the TIF folder so I suppose they are
> there - but it seems like they are not. Please clear this up for me - this
> is beginning to be a real pain!
Do not have PSP, but I think you are talking about something else. If
PSP uses Windows Explorer thumbnail generator to create the thumbs it
maybe that TIF images are not web or Windows format (GIF, JPG and MS's
BMP). Someone may have written a shell extension to add TIF to
Explorer's preview, I do not know. I do recommend IrfanViewer, a
freeware 'Swiss Army knife' image/media view and utility that has a
thumbnail feature that supports TIF plus a myriad of other formats
http://www.irfanview.com/
HTH
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Jonathan
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