Sam Heywood wrote:
>Yes, because in this case the remedy would produce side effects that are
>far more unbearable than the affliction.
(snip)
>If it were easy to develop
>a better cure, then I'm sure someone would have done so by now.
Ok, here the cure comes:
Always check the size and/or date reported by the server/file system for a
file and reload if the data isn't the same as the one in the cache entry
(and if no connection can be established then use the one in the cache if
it exists (perhaps not in the file system case)).
To fix .dgi problems I think the only sollution would be to reload them all
the time.
IMHO this wouldn't drain away much of the computer power except on very
slow machines. So once again we end up with the old question "What should
be the lowest computer Arachne should run good/fast on?"
For instance reading mail on my laptop isn't all that good since the CGA
screen in Arahcne is way to small compared to reading the mail in edit. So
is Arachne as it is a good alternative for this computer? IMHO it is not a
good alternative since the CGA screen is so small and a text (80 cols)
screen is much easier to use on it.
>And they know that
>there would be lots of money in it for them if they could just find a
>painless cure for this silly little annoyance.
I do not know about the other browsers but Netscape checks this (settings
are: "every time","once per session" or "never") Arachne on the other hand
has "never" (my prefered option for on-line use anyway) but also has this
on off-line things as well where IMHO (and I've said so before) there's no
point in doing so.
>Therefore, according to your own
>argument, Windows is a bug.
And who on this list doesn't think so? ;-)
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
