h5bp/html5-boilerplate — Issue #974: Document browser caching behavior
Author: akavlie
Created: 2012-02-07 20:06:30+00:00
State: open

Even if you don't specify cache expiration on the server, Chrome & Firefox pull static assets from local cache on subsequent visits to a site. It's difficult to find good information via Google/Stack Overflow searches about how this works in Chrome/Firefox, let alone other browsers. How long will assets be cached? If assets are cached & retrieved locally regardless of server cache expiration headers, are the headers really that important?