jimfog Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Why sometimes soft refresh is not enough to refresh the content of a page and a hard refresh is needed instead? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsonesuk Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 One does refresh from current cache storage, the other complete refresh/resetting of cache storage content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_shah Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Normal reload The same thing as pressing 'F5'. This will use the cache but revalidate everything during page load, looking for "304 Not Modified" responses. If the browser can avoid re-downloading cached JavaScript files, images, text files, etc. then it will. Hard reload Don't use anything in the cache when making the request. (which is equal to SHIFT+F5 No need to open Developer console) Force the browser do re-download every JavaScript file, image, text file, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsonesuk Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 If you are going to copy and paste as you usually do, please acknowledge where got it from https://ask.xiaolee.net/questions/1020901 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimfog Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) Ι Edited August 31, 2020 by jimfog rethink it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimfog Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 On 8/31/2020 at 12:24 AM, dsonesuk said: ...the other complete refresh/resetting of cache storage content. and how the above differs from emptying the cache? This is what confuses me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsonesuk Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Because it empties cache without refresh. Once you return to your page you need to refresh to see modified content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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