Problem with safari's cache in ios 5

Since I installed iOS 5, Safari does something it's not supped to do... When I navigate to a page that I've visited recently, Safari loads the page from its cache, rather than checking for and displaying more recently-posted content.

For example, if I visit the home page of the New York Times, it shows me yesterday's news. I can only view today's news by tapping the Reload icon. If I then tap an article's headline and go to another page to read the article, when I tap the Back button to return to the home page, it again displays yesterday's news, and I have to tap Reload to re-display today's stories.

Anyone having the same problem, or know of a solution? Thanks.

iPad 2

Posted on Oct 14, 2011 7:30 AM

106 replies

larotech

Level 1

0 points

Jan 22, 2016 12:04 PM in response to edgewise

Problem still exists in iOS 9.2.1 and bit me bad. I was doing some testing for web app specific code and after 1 hour finally figured out my changes I was testing for were not actually being loaded as the cache was still holding onto the old resources. And yes, deleting the app from the home screen does NOT clear the cache. Frustrations!

Chris

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