Re: how to force browser not to cache image

But it's true, Art.

The function of META tags is to control the users browser client, but
not  his machine exactly. META tags for charactersets, expiration,
cache and so forth are used by the client as well as server.

META tags are also used to leave information for search engines and
document-indexing programs, purely for online 'bots. And, of course,
the readers of HTML source files will also gain helpful information
from META tags...if they're used in the first place.

It depends on the particular tag where it is used and by what
program/user.


An aside, what is the meaning of the word "Pragma" used in META tags?

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----- Original Message -----
From: Arthur V. Dieli <artdieli(at)earthlink.net>
To: hwg basics list <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: how to force browser not to cache image


> I should think you can force your own browser to not cache by
setting
> its cache memory to 0.  It looks like the META tag is a signal to
the
> server not to cache.  And I suppose the page author sets that for
his
> page.  I'd hate to think that the page author could control the
cache of
> the user's machine, even with JavaScript or Java.
> --Art Dieli
>
> Gary Bonham wrote:
> >
> > I tried this a week ago and it didn't seem to work. Any comments?
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
[mailto:owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org]On
> > > Behalf Of Thomas James Allen
> > > Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 7:59 PM
> > > To: Ron Shacham
> > > Cc: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
> > > Subject: Re: how to force browser not to cache image
> > >
> > >
> > > At 12:58 PM 9/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >What HTML code is
> > > >there for keeping a browser from caching an image?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >Ron
> > > ------
> > > <META Http-Equiv="Pragma" Content="no-cache">
> > >
>
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