On Sat, 29 Nov 1997 03:29:15 EST, Wintermute wrote: > David Stern wrote: > > > > I'm trying to cut down my online time and would like to use diald, > > however everytime I wish to follow a link in my browser (netscape) to a > > webpage that is cached, diald fires up a ppp link. I prefer to only > > reload webpages manually, so I setup netscape to never reload webpages > > automatically. If diald weren't running, the pages would load > > instantly, but instead I have to wait for the ppp link to come up and > > then for a response, assuming the line is not busy or inoperative.. > > > > So I want to use diald, but I cannot allow diald to fire up a ppp > > connection when the page is already sitting on my hard drive. I'm not > > sure if this is a browser setting, a diald setting, or if I need some > > kind of caching software, but I don't see any information like this > > anywhere, maybe because I don't know what I'm looking for. :-) > > > > Would somebody please steer me in the right direction? >> > The problem in this situation is that Netscape will always attempt to > access the remote server that the pages rely on when you click a link, > whether or not you have the page locally in the cache, or have to option > on to never check for updates on the page. > > Most browsers do this. > > Why? Anyone's guess. > > My guess? Because it automatically tries to resolve the domainname in > preparation for an actual read, which in turn causes diald to fire up. > > Solution? At best whatever you or others come up with will be a hack > since the problem is with Netscape and not diald.
Isn't there some kind of cache software, though? I don't know what it's called, but it caches webpages locally, and won't querry the remote server unless the page isn't in the cache? What is it called? Would it work? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .