Browser Caching Debate
Commenters debate whether existing browser and HTTP caching mechanisms, like Cache-Control headers and ETags, sufficiently solve web performance issues such as page reloads and resource loading, often questioning the need for alternative approaches.
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isn't that what's browser cache is for ?
Does this have any negative effects on browser caching?
Agree. Take advantage of HTTP caching.
Doesn't every kind of web resource caching already let you do that?
Someone please explain to me why just using the browser cache isn't enough?
Aren't those usually cached? Page reloads these days are fast.
Considering that browsers have caches this isn't a huuuge issue.
Or why can't this problem be solved with HTTP caching headers and a browser that Does the Right Thing?
Why doesn't this apply to any kind of cached content?
I suppose given their claims, a caching strategy would be beside the point :)