53,000 files of 0 size in my Content IE folders

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 01:46:18 -0600, "Bill in Co."
wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Yep. If you select the option to check for new content on every visit
to a web page, the browser has to find out from the server if its copy
of a file is stale compared with the server's copy. Why waste that time
rather than just get the file in the first place? After all, you have
the speed.

Well, no, I don't - I'm on dial-up. (But for the ones who aren't,
maybe).
My option is set to automatically, and definitely NOT check each time.


Your choice of course, but with many web sites that can be a big
problem. I maintain a site where pages change often. I periodically
get complaints from people who are not set to check, and get the old
versions again.

Interesting. I haven't seen that problem over here, as IE seems to check
the web page(s) I visit often enough to get the new page material when it
changes. For example, I'm thinking of a home page (with news headlines,
etc), as one prime example. If I go visit some other web pages, and then
go back to the home page again, it gets updated (unless I never closed the
page of course).

VanguardLH wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Yep. If you select the option to check for new content on every visit
to a web page, the browser has to find out from the server if its copy
of a file is stale compared with the server's copy. Why waste that time
rather than just get the file in the first place? After all, you have
the speed.

Well, no, I don't - I'm on dial-up. (But for the ones who aren't,
maybe).
My option is set to automatically, and definitely NOT check each time.

Your network setup is not germane to the OP. Suggestions for solutions
were directed to the OP.

So what's the point of having the TIF cache at all?? Is is solely there
just for the benefit of some dialup users, in your opinion?

Bill

Reading Offline perhaps?

--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Bill in Co. wrote:
VanguardLH wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Yep. If you select the option to check for new content on every
visit to a web page, the browser has to find out from the server
if its copy of a file is stale compared with the server's copy.
Why waste that time rather than just get the file in the first
place? After all, you have the speed.

Well, no, I don't - I'm on dial-up. (But for the ones who aren't,
maybe).
My option is set to automatically, and definitely NOT check each
time.

Your network setup is not germane to the OP. Suggestions for
solutions were directed to the OP.

So what's the point of having the TIF cache at all?? Is is solely
there just for the benefit of some dialup users, in your opinion?

Bill in Co. wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Yep. If you select the option to check for new content on every visit
to a web page, the browser has to find out from the server if its copy
of a file is stale compared with the server's copy. Why waste that time
rather than just get the file in the first place? After all, you have
the speed.

Well, no, I don't - I'm on dial-up. (But for the ones who aren't,
maybe).
My option is set to automatically, and definitely NOT check each time.

Your network setup is not germane to the OP. Suggestions for solutions
were directed to the OP.

So what's the point of having the TIF cache at all?? Is is solely there
just for the benefit of some dialup users, in your opinion?

Are you *at* the site when you unload the web browser? No. Some pages,
like the home page but can be others, are pivotal in the site map for a
web site. You load IE, get the new web pages, but as you bounce around
inside that newly visited site then you will very likely hit pages where
you have been before. So for navigating around a site once you are
there, the TIF does afford some convenience (not so much that many users
would notice the difference in retrieving a new copy of the web page).

That isn't how YOU are using the TIF folder. You are caching up web
pages *between* your web browser sessions. That's nothing of much
importance to high-speed users.

Maybe. I rarely, if ever, do that, and am not sure why that would be so
useful.

Gerry wrote:
Bill

Reading Offline perhaps?

--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Bill in Co. wrote:
VanguardLH wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Yep. If you select the option to check for new content on every
visit to a web page, the browser has to find out from the server
if its copy of a file is stale compared with the server's copy.
Why waste that time rather than just get the file in the first
place? After all, you have the speed.

Well, no, I don't - I'm on dial-up. (But for the ones who aren't,
maybe).
My option is set to automatically, and definitely NOT check each
time.

Your network setup is not germane to the OP. Suggestions for
solutions were directed to the OP.

So what's the point of having the TIF cache at all?? Is is solely
there just for the benefit of some dialup users, in your opinion?

Bill

Pay by the minute dial up phone bills were once quite common or don't
you remember those days?


--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Bill in Co. wrote:
Maybe. I rarely, if ever, do that, and am not sure why that would be
so useful.

Gerry wrote:
Bill

Reading Offline perhaps?

--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Bill in Co. wrote:
VanguardLH wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Yep. If you select the option to check for new content on every
visit to a web page, the browser has to find out from the server
if its copy of a file is stale compared with the server's copy.
Why waste that time rather than just get the file in the first
place? After all, you have the speed.

Well, no, I don't - I'm on dial-up. (But for the ones who
aren't, maybe).
My option is set to automatically, and definitely NOT check each
time.

Your network setup is not germane to the OP. Suggestions for
solutions were directed to the OP.

So what's the point of having the TIF cache at all?? Is is solely
there just for the benefit of some dialup users, in your opinion?

I remember when electricity came in. AND the light bulb. :-)

Gerry wrote:
Bill

Pay by the minute dial up phone bills were once quite common or don't
you remember those days?


--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Bill in Co. wrote:
Maybe. I rarely, if ever, do that, and am not sure why that would be
so useful.

Gerry wrote:
Bill

Reading Offline perhaps?

--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Bill in Co. wrote:
VanguardLH wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Yep. If you select the option to check for new content on every
visit to a web page, the browser has to find out from the server
if its copy of a file is stale compared with the server's copy.
Why waste that time rather than just get the file in the first
place? After all, you have the speed.

Well, no, I don't - I'm on dial-up. (But for the ones who
aren't, maybe).
My option is set to automatically, and definitely NOT check each
time.

Your network setup is not germane to the OP. Suggestions for
solutions were directed to the OP.

So what's the point of having the TIF cache at all?? Is is solely
there just for the benefit of some dialup users, in your opinion?

Gentlemen - thanks for your response to my query. I shall make good use
of them.

But the question remains, Why 53, 000 files?
and why the size of zero?

Nightsky


"Jerry" wrote in message
...
sure - delete them all

"Nightsky" wrote in message
...
There are more than 53,000 files of 0 size in my Content IE folders.
They all have filenames similar to CAZQ2IV5 and various time stamps.

What is their purpose?
Can I delete them safely?

Nightsky