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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_RESOLVED bz_closed"
title="RESOLVED WONTFIX - Web Inspector: Disable Cache When Inspector Open"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169865#c2">Comment # 2</a>
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bz_status_RESOLVED bz_closed"
title="RESOLVED WONTFIX - Web Inspector: Disable Cache When Inspector Open"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169865">bug 169865</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:chris@heavymark.com" title="Chris Chiera <chris@heavymark.com>"> <span class="fn">Chris Chiera</span></a>
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<pre>Based on your response, I'm thinking you may have misunderstood the request/report.
In regards to, "This would be extremely confusing to most people." By most people, do you mean most developers? As the setting would only appear in the Web Inspector settings which is only used by developers. The option to disable cache when the inspector is open has been around for many years in Chrome and there hasn't been any confusion among developers on this feature to my knowledge.
Just want to make sure it's clear this is not in regards to changing a default caching setting for Webkit/Safari users, this is only in regards to a Web Inspector setting. And like in Chrome by default its not enabled, but is simply a setting you check off if desired.
Screenshot: <a href="http://share.heavymark.com/2J1U3W2n0e1g">http://share.heavymark.com/2J1U3W2n0e1g</a>
It's incredibly useful for developers, and developers can easily uncheck if they want to enable cache temporarily while the inspector is still open.
Safari already allows you to disable cache completely via "Develop > Disable Caches". But the downside of that is that it would disable cache on all websites, even when just browsing rather than actually developing (aka inspector is open).
Let me know if that helps clarify the request to bring this Chrome developer feature to Webkit (and subsequently Safari).</pre>
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