Hi, sorry if this has been suggested before -- the search mechanism for the www-validator archives is down and I don't feel like browsing to see if I find this in the archives somewhere! The /check/referer functionality on validator.w3.org, neat as it is, does not specify any cache-controlling HTTP headers or meta elements (other than the Date header). This leads smart caching clients (such as Opera) to display cached copies if the validator is used from different pages in a short time span. At best, this is inconvenient (e.g. one has to manually clear the cache or reload), at worst it is misleading (e.g. just now it led me to suspect the wrong page of being invalid). Adding the header (or http-equiv meta) Cache-Control: no-cache, and also Pragma: no-cache to support HTTP/1.0 clients, would resolve this easily, as far as I can see. Cheers, - GulliReceived on Friday, 2 November 2001 09:14:59 GMT
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