Q1: If the cache is set to 0, or is disabled, where does the content go?
Q2: Why have a low cache setting if it means constant rewrites to stay under quota?
Q3: Is there constant rewriting with a cache that is disabled or set to 0?
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Setting it to zero disables disk cache. There is none so it doesn't go anywhere. FF still uses RAM to cache.
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Best quote ever. The content doesn't go anywhere if the cache is disabled. That's the whole point of disabling the cache. It stays on the Internet, and is downloaded on-demand.
As John said, Firefox will still use a RAM cache even if the disk cache is disabled to improve performance during a session. The RAM cache is, of course, discarded when Firefox quits.
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Yes! Absolutely true, what Bruce & John T. Haller said!
When I used to run Portable Firefox with the cache 'disabled', so called, PFF would still cache a page or two in mem, depending on its' size. However, if the page was, like, 200k, Portable Firefox wouldn't cache 'jack squat' with the disk cache zero'ed out.
So, it's a 'hit or miss' situation...
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RAM is a place, is it not?
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I think in asking "where does the content go?" he was expecting it to go into some form of long-term storage, which is not the case if the disk cache is disabled.
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No. I was wondering because the content has be somewhere local in order to be used. I didn't ask where it would be stored.
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