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What is 'offline' device in 'cache'?

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Astara
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FRACK! -- tried to change category, and it wiped my details and troubleshooting info (about 1K of typing!) So will restate, but without as many details.

Firefox's cache shows (in 'cacheviewer' 

extension) 3 possible locations:

memory, disk and 'offline' (don't usually have anything in 'disk' due to my settings, FWIW).

What is 'offline' in relation to the cache?

How do I get rid of them (I can delete them from the viewer page, but they come back leaving the viewer page and restarting it).

FRACK! -- tried to change category, and it wiped my details and troubleshooting info (about 1K of typing!) So will restate, but without as many details. Firefox's cache shows (in 'cacheviewer' extension) 3 possible locations: memory, disk and 'offline' (don't usually have anything in 'disk' due to my settings, FWIW). What is 'offline' in relation to the cache? How do I get rid of them (I can delete them from the viewer page, but they come back leaving the viewer page and restarting it).

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The offline cache is a special cache that applications can use to store data on the computer.

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Astara
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Here are the items I was talking about as shown in the cache viewer.

cor-el
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The offline cache is a special cache that applications can use to store data on the computer.

Astara
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I found it odd that clearing the cache didn't delete these entries, but I see on the page you reference that there are multiple bugs filed against this feature for exactly that -- normal cache clearing procedures don't work.

It does provide a cumbersome and awkward workaround which is fine for a few websites (I only had 1), but would be a pain for for 'many' websites (as they must all be done individually, and just like Windows, it asks 'are you really sure' on each one of them!...

cor-el
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Do not confuse the offline cache with DOM storage.