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Posted by David Graham on 10/04/92 11:37
"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
news:43cbe001$0$8273$cb0e7fc6@news.centralva.net...
> David Graham wrote:
> <snip>
> > 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
Sorry, what is 'hiding folders'?
> 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)
>
hex viewer?
I think your expert on this and the trouble is I'm not able to digest a lot
of it. In idiot terms, when something is cached is it then on my hard disc
somewhere when the ebrowser is IE and what if it's Firefox?
many thanks
David
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