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Occasionally this caching scheme goes awry (e.g. the browser insists on showing out-of-date content) making it necessary to bypass the cache, thus forcing your browser to re-download a web page's complete, up-to-date content. This is sometimes referred to as a "hard refresh", "cache refresh", or "uncached reload".
This can remove adware, get rid of extensions you didn't install, and improve overall performance. Restoring your browser's default settings will also reset your browser's security settings. A reset may delete other saved info like bookmarks, stored passwords, and your homepage.
Pull-to-refresh in the Wikipedia mobile app. Pull-to-refresh is a touchscreen gesture developed by Loren Brichter.It consists of touching the screen of a computing device with a finger or pressing a button on a pointing device, dragging the screen downward with the finger or pointing device, and then releasing it, as a signal to the application to refresh the contents of the screen.
A null edit purges the target page (including category and backlink pages) if the page can be edited: Click any "Edit" or "Edit source" link on the page. Click "Publish changes" at the bottom of the edit box without making any changes. With a null edit, nothing is saved, and no edit is recorded.
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Meta refresh tags have some drawbacks: If a page redirects too quickly (less than 2–3 seconds), using the "Back" button on the next page may cause some browsers to move back to the redirecting page, whereupon the redirect will occur again. This is bad for usability, as this may cause a reader to be "stuck" on the last website.
Chrome, which commands 60% of global internet traffic, is the last major browser to allow third-party cookies. For years Apple's ( AAPL ) Safari and Mozilla's Firefox have blocked third-party ...
Chrome's design bridges the gap between desktop and so-called "cloud computing." At the touch of a button, Chrome lets you make a desktop, Start menu, or QuickLaunch shortcut to any Web page or Web application, blurring the line between what's online and what's inside your PC. For example, I created a desktop shortcut for Google Maps.