[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 30862] Dynamically inserted subresources aren't revalidated even when the containing document is reloaded

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30862





--- Comment #53 from Britt Selvitelle <bs at brittspace.com>  2011-09-20 19:09:16 PST ---
(In reply to comment #50)
> Yes, they are different.  The shift modifier causes the browser to disregard any locally cached copy of resources requested for the page load.

Right. The problem is that the definition on how developers define "for the page load" has changed. Many sites load resources after in initial load but before the site is considered ready.

> > It is a unique method that is well known by developers to revalidate all 
> > resources, including those l loaded dynamically after the page.
> 
> I don't think it is well known or expected that shift+reload should impact the
> behavior of resources requested after the page finishes loading.  Think about
> what this does to an AJAX site, which rarely performs a page load.  If the
> reload behavior becomes sticky, then you would end up requesting resources
> end-to-end forever on an AJAX site.  This is most likely not what developers
> intend.  (WebKit used to have this bug actually.)

You would only end up requesting resources end-to-end when you do a shift-reload, which is exactly what it's for.

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