As a web developer caching is a part of my world. It’s something I have to deal with and account for on a regular basis, but lately something has been really getting to me. Does anybody else think that FireFox’s style caching is way to aggressive?
While working with Firebug, I’m constantly making smaller changes to my CSS files that I want to see reflected in my application instantly. The caching often prevents this from happening; leaving me to wonder by my changes haven’t taken effect.
A quick and dirty way around this is to open up the css file directly in it’s own tab, and then when the styles are cached, simply reload that file directly. This has been working for me, but it’s just a pain as there really should be an easier way to deal with this. Like a better cached timestamp comparison? C’me on firefox… don’t let me down.
June 1, 2009
Development