Major bug in IE: After page event, no cache?

[MikeNL]

After a page event, like opening an external link in a new window, the next page in the site that launched the new window downloads all images, stylesheets, javascript etc new, not from cache.

This slows down the browsing experience of a site immensely, plus increases traffic. This seems to be a MAJOR bug in (at least) IE 6.0, as this doesn't happen with any other browser.

Does anyone know a solution to this, or do we have to wait till such a basic thing will be solved in the next update to IE?

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[the tree]

Well I'd recomend just getting FF or something right away, unfourtunatley no microsoft products can be 'fixed' as such, which is why you should go for open source. If IE is causing a problem for your users then advise them to consider alternatives.

[MikeNL]

Open source? I use PHP to build my pages, but that's not the issue here. It's a general problem on ALL websites that are viewed with IE, so I was wondering if someone found a workaround...

Suggesting the general public, i.e. all internet users to use a different browser is not a solution, IE is the biggest, and will always be, like it or not :(

[MstrBob]

Well, IE doesn't constitute ALL internet users, but it comes close (94% I believe. Recently slipped a percentage point. Note, 1% = hudreds of thousands of users). If it's an issue with IE refreshing the page there's nothing you can do, expect to change. IE is a flawed, non-webstandards-complying "browser". The best is reading the IE Blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/ie) Pretty much, everyone either demands that IE follow the webstandards, or that everyone uses Firefox. My favourite was from one user:


"[IE is] the Courtney Love in a world of Kirsten Dunst's."

[MikeNL]

And let's hope IE will comply sooner or later...

Meanwhile, I had some suggestions about using PHP header expires. A very welcome tip, which solved some problems, although the main problem persists. Maybe others will follow with genial solutions :)