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To disable the cache: Open Developer Tools (F12, Ctrl+⇧ Shift+I or Tools Developer Tools). Click on the horizontal ellipsis on the upper right corner of the Dev Tools interface and select "Settings" (Shortcut: F1). Check the "Disable Cache" check-box. Note: This method only works if the developer console remains open. Browser extensions are ...
Firefox has Wikipedia listed as a default search engine and can be set to such. It also has a keyword search function which allows the search engine to be changed when a certain keyword is typed to trigger such. To set Wikipedia as the default search engine: Click the hamburger menu and go to the 'Options' menu. In the options menu, click on ...
Bypass your cache — Simple instructions In most Windows and Linux browsers: Hold down Ctrl and press F5. In Apple Safari: Hold down ⇧ Shift and click the Reload toolbar button. In Chrome and Firefox for Mac: Hold down both ⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift and press R. See full instructions below
Note: After saving, you have to bypass your browser's cache to see the changes. Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Safari: Hold down the ⇧ Shift key and click the Reload toolbar button. For details and instructions about other browsers, see Wikipedia:Bypass your cache
Wikiwand - browser extension for Google Chrome and Firefox. Kiwix - offline reader for Wikipedia and its other Wikimedia sister projects. Available for Android, Linux, iOS, Mac OS X, Windows. GoldenDict - multiplatform dictionary browser with native support for Wikipedia, Wiktionary, the Wikimedia projects, and any MediaWiki-based website.
Note: Google search results can be several days or even weeks out of date. Citer for Google Books URL, DOI, ISBN, PMID, PMCID, OCLC converts bare url into {} format. See also Help:Citation tools § Tools. Mirrors of Wikimedia content can be filtered from Google search result pages in Firefox using the CustomizeGoogle extension. [1]
In general, external search engines are faster than a Wikipedia search. However, because the search engine's cache is based on when the site was indexed, the search may not return newly created pages. Similarly, the search engine's cached version of the page will not be as up-to-date as the link to Wikipedia itself.
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