opera browser cache settings

[anoobis]

I'm trying to configure the 'check if page has been updated on server' cache settings but I don't fully understand the implications.

AIUI:

a) reload will always check the webserver, regardless of the cache setting
b) pages that update automatically (e.g. newsnow) are unaffected
c) EITHER
a comparison is made between the cached version and the webserver only when I move back to a tab, and the cache setting determines how often,
OR
pages are checked and updated in the background, again the cache setting determines how often.

Am I right with a), b)? Which of c) is correct?

I'm happy with a long cache time and manually refreshing pages, however, I seem to have problems with Head-Fi login when the cache is used; refreshing doesn't always work. This implies that I have to leave the cache setting on 'always update page', which slows down the browser.

Any ideas on suitable settings and another way round the login issue?

TIA

 

[krmathis]

Perhaps try the Opera forum? Since your question is very specific...

 

[ericj]

I know well the problem you're referring to, and Opera isn't the only browser that has issues with head-fi cacheing, but when i reported it here, nobody was interested in fixing it, and the opera people weren't interested in investigating it - saying, correctly, that it's a server configuration issue.

I was a loyal opera user for 10 years. No more. It's just so slow and buggy, and instead of fixing it, they just keep rewriting it from the ground up.

 

[anoobis]

So it's a specific conflict with this site rather than a general issue. That's that then!