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Clearing the cache on your browser can result in improved performance when
visiting new unseen web sites. The cache can also cause you not to see the current
state of a web site. The cache is a local copy of web images and documents
that you have recently visited. This speeds the display of the site the next
time you visit a particular page or when you hit the back button. The cache
works to speed the display of web sites you have visited before because all
the complicated graphics need not be downloaded to your computer before
showing the page. It can however cause a degredation in your performance
because keeping track of cache images takes memory. If your browser seems
slow when visiting new web sites or you know that you are not seeing the
current version of a web site try going to a nuetral web site like the
WcNet home page and clearing the memory
and disk cache in your browser.
Select the Preferecnces menu item from the edit menu. In previous versions of netscape the Preferences menus are located under the options menu.
Select Advanced and then select Cache from the pick box on
the left hand side of the prefrences dialog. In older versions of netscape
select the Network Preferences menu item.
Clear the memory cache by pressing the Clear Memory Cache button.
Then when you are presented with the confirmation dialog shown below click on OK.
Clear the disk cache by pressing the Clear Disk Cache button.
Then when you are presented with the confirmation dialog shown below click on OK.
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