Very Computer

I've noticed that MSIE saves html and image files in the Cache folder with the
same name used in the actual web site accessed.  However, Netscape gives these
files new names with nonsensical letters and numbers.  Does anyone know if
there is a way to have Netscape save the files with the proper name, like
MSIE?

: I've noticed that MSIE saves html and image files in the Cache folder with the
: same name used in the actual web site accessed.  However, Netscape gives these
: files new names with nonsensical letters and numbers.  Does anyone know if
: there is a way to have Netscape save the files with the proper name, like
: MSIE?

Netscape's file hashing mechanism makes efficient use of the filesystem
as a lookup table, rather than loading all the files in to one directory,
which on some systems may run out of file descriptors.
Also, allowing random characters in a filename may move out of the
directory. What happens in MSIE if you save a URL like
some.org/here/../there (or some.org/dosbuster/my\..\path.html ,
"my\..\path.html" being a valid Unix filename, albeit a bit weird) ?

If you want to see a list of files in your cache, type "about:cache"
in Netscape.

http://vancouver-webpages.com/CacheNow/ - campaign for cache awareness

Andrew

save it manually...instead of using the Cache....then you can chose which name you want to use