Posted by Peter van Schie on 10/11/44 11:21

John Dunlop wrote:

> Ok, if there's compelling arguments *for* that caching
> directive - excluding working around IE6's bug -

That depends on the application.

> and less
> compelling ones, if any, *against* it

Not that I know of, so I don't see any reason to not use it.
If there are major drawbacks I'd be glad to be informed about them.

> , why aren't you sending
> it in the first place?

But I do.
I only suggested it to Dave to circumvent the "Back button problem".

> If, on the other hand, the arguments
> lead you to decide on a different value, say 'public', which
> one influences you more: those arguments, or IE6's bug? (I'm
> not looking for answers here, since I could care less about
> individual situations; just suggesting things to think about.)

As you already said; that's an individual situation issue. I can't
remember any case in which I needed both.
Besides that there are multiple ways that lead to Rome.

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