- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 14:24:57 +0100
- To: gthb@dimon.is
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
* gthb@dimon.is wrote: >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. Yes, I've suggested the same thing about a year ago. The alternative would be to issue a redirect to the correct validation page. -- Björn Höhrmann { mailto:bjoern@hoehrmann.de } http://www.bjoernsworld.de am Badedeich 7 } Telefon: +49(0)4667/981028 { http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de 25899 Dagebüll { PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 } http://www.learn.to/quote/
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