For example, did you F5?

Please develop a habit of pressing F5 or Ctrl+R to get updated information since many operating systems store old pages in cache, which might give you a feel that information is not updated!

So do F5 now!!

And do it (i.e. F5) for all the pages of this website you visit!!!

And for all the websites you may visit!!!!!!!!!

Ask yourself:  Did I F5 2day?

Ask others:  Did u F5 2day?


For those who want 2 know more...

Ever return to a website expecting to find updated information but it isn't there? Someone else can get the update on their computer but you still see the old content? This can be caused by the fact that your browser will cache information on your computer for speed and efficiency.

Your computer will save copies of web pages as you navigate around the Internet. It will actually save many resources associated with each page including pages, images and files. Then, if you return to that page within a certain amount of time, instead of your browser asking the server for it again, it just pulls it up from the storage on your own computer.

To make sure you have the most up-to-date version of a web page you can refresh your browser. Your browser will then access a resource on the Internet to update your page and update the stored cache content on your computer.

On the most popular browsers you can press the F5 key or click on the refresh button. Look inside your browser toolbar for the refresh button, an icon for refresh.

Some specific methods are:

In Internet Explorer:

• Right Click on your screen and inside the pop-up menu choose "Refresh"
• or, press your F5 key
• or, press <Ctrl> + R
• or, from the menu, select "View" and select "Refresh"
• or, click on the refresh button

In Firefox:

• Right Click on your screen and inside the pop-up menu choose "Reload"
• or, press your F5 key
• or, from the menu, select "View" and select "Reload"
• or, press <Ctrl> + R
• or, click on the reload button

In Netscape Browser:

• Right Click on your screen and inside the pop-up menu choose "Reload"
• or, press your F5 key
• or, from the menu, select "View" and select "Reload"
• or, press <Ctrl> + R
• or, click on the reload button

In most browsers you can go into the advanced settings and clean out the cache and/or set limits on storage space used.

However, cache is a good thing and if you are not sure about the settings you should accept the defaults.

Issued in public interest by SGGSIE&T, Nanded.  First published on April 26, 2011.
 

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