This afternoon, I am writing some JavaScript for a CMS system and FireFox was not always fetching the new scripts from the development server. I ran across this helpful FireFox tip and wanted to share and save on my blog.
How to force FireFox to reload the page and ignore cache.
- You can use Ctrl + F5 for a single use basis, or if you want firefox to always reload the page then type this into the address bar: about:config.
- Type this into the filter: browser.cache.check_doc_frequency
- Change the value to: 1
Additional Values
3 – only check if it seems outdated (Default Value)
2 – always use cached version
1 – always check for newer version
0 – check for newer version once per session
