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Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn
Maybe someone else can give a reason.
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Okay. For example, "New Posts" -> "Previous Visit" links to:
http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/search.php?do=getnew
Now this gets redirected to something like:
http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/search.php?searchid=1837543
The browser remembers this redirection and when next time the 1st URL is clicked (do=getnew) the browser automatically redirects to the 2nd URL (searchid=1837543) without asking Spiritual Forums website. The 2nd URL may get expired but the browser doesn't know. SF may be offering a new URL with a fresh "searchid" but the browser doesn't ask SF because it has remembered (CACHED) the previous redirection and is sticking to it. That's why need to clear the cache so that the browser forgets the previous redirection and make it listen to SF when SF is offering a new redirection.
With a tiny change in SF's script, SF can tell the browser that the redirection isn't permanent, and not to cache the redirection.
For the workaround, you guys are using mouse but using shortcut keys is faster. In my Firefox on Linux, i press the following keys: Alt+s -> c -> Enter. Or another way: Ctrl+Shift+Delete -> Enter. But for this i've set time range to clear to be the shortest: last hour and to clear only cache:
