Comments on: Reload vs Refresh

By: scott

scott — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 02:48:18 +0000

is there a way to make this program refresh consistently until a the page changes. I buy tickets, and I would like to refresh a page on fifa's world cup ticket shop until a radio button appears when tickets become available. Once the radio button comes up, it would need to stop refreshing immediately. Is this possible, or do you have any recomendations?

(TjL writes: I don't know of a way to have it refresh until it changes. Neat idea though.)

By: OperaFan.net

OperaFan.net — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:13:32 +0000

@ David:

Go to Preferences (Alt+P hotkey) - Advanced - History. Set option "Check documents" to "Always".

By: Seba

Seba — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:14:36 +0000

Hi, Iv’e got a question. I work as a software tester at an argentinian company. I use a lot the “reload from cache” option to perform security tests. Eg. I open the source code and erase or modify some validations, then I select “reload from cache” and so I can confirm wheter if the system has a server side validation or no. Now, I need to perform a similar test but I need to use Internet Explorer ¿How can I do it?, because, if i modify the source code, the browser gets the page from the server again. Thanks a lot (and excuse me for my poor english)

By: David

David — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 04:06:57 +0000

Hi;

I'm a recent Opera convert (from Firefox, no less), and so far it's been great, and your series has helped a lot.

However, one thing is bugging me - when I visit pages I've previously visited, Opera seems to load the page from the cache, so I have to press F5 to get new content. I've noticed this happen on blogs where I know a comment has been made, but the page doesn't show this. Is there an option to make sure Opera always fetches a new page from the server, rather than loading from the cache?

Thanks.

((TjL writes: Set Advanced > History > Check documents to a shorter time))

By: Arioch

Arioch — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:26:48 +0000

Pity, they hidden this so far.

I'd name the action "Redraw page, do not reload"

By: Rijk van Geijtenbeek

Rijk van Geijtenbeek — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:57:17 +0000

@Chris:

I think 'Refresh' in Explorer asks the server if the file has been updated, and uses the cache if that is not the case. A hard reload in Explorer retrieves the file from the server directly, regardless.

'Reload from cache' in Opera does not contact the server at all. IE also gives you the source in a plain text editor when using View > Source, but I see no way to make the edits I could do there show in the browser.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:35:14 +0000

Isn't the "reload from cache" option the same as the "refresh" (f5) function on Internet Explorer and FireFox. The "reload" function sounds like the "strong refresh" (shift+f5) of IE and FF. I like it better that the hard reload is the default as this is generally my intention when I reload a page, but is it really a completely original idea of Opera's?

((TjL writes: I'm not an expert in IE, but I thought that F5 in IE always did a reload, not just a refresh.))

By: TjL (tntluoma.com)

TjL (tntluoma.com) — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 05:47:01 +0000

Weirdgeek13: I have yet to try any of these, but checkout How to make 'Reload from cache' more accessible? (my.opera.com)

By: trollop

trollop — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:53:12 +0000

This feature is also very handy when helping someone with a web design query. You can visit their problematic page online, view the source, edit / make changes, save then reload from the cache to see the results.

It's a great feature.

By: Weirdgeek13

Weirdgeek13 — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:29:37 +0000

I want a button next to the Reload button that says “Cache” on it… or perhaps have a little arrow on the Reload button that gives you a menu. That’d be nice. It’s a bit hard to remember “Tools > Advanced > Reload from cache”