Re: Firefox handling of HTTP Requests

Edwin Martin <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:50:48 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.web.dom.wdf
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Maninder, Singh wrote:
> I can always add cache headers, but I wanted to understand how this actually happens. Is it a standard or does every browser interpret it on their own?
>
> Is there some reference on this available anywhere?
>   
The HTTP-spec is here:
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2616.txt

A browser can check it there's a new version on the server. It doesn't 
have to. Just adhere to the specs and you shouldn't have to worry about 
different browsers.

Edwin Martin



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