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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