Hi Terry,

> That is the bit that confused me.  I thought the reload button on it's
> own gave that behaviour.

No, Ctrl-R/Reload button asks the site if there's a newer version.
Shift bypasses that.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bypass_your_cache

Years ago, these HTTP headers didn't exist, so back then Reload probably
did do what Shift-Reload does now.

Cheers,
Ralph.


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