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[fredfred]

hi can somebody tell me when i should stop hitting refresh on my pc when trying to get Glastonbury 2019 tickets.do i stop when i get to the booking info enter page or when i get into a queue.also do i hard refresh each time or just before i start trying to get ticket.I know its a bloody stupid question but i cant find the answer anywhere and its doing my nut in.

 

 

 

[stuartbert two hats]

If you get a form to enter details into, enter them, don't refresh.

[stuartbert two hats]

Don't hard refresh.

[FuzzyDunlop]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Don't hard refresh.

For the luddites.... what is a hard refresh? F5?

[pentura]

16 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

For the luddites.... what is a hard refresh? F5?

Yep. Just like a normal refresh.....except it's hard.

 

[fredfred]

17 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

If you get a form to enter details into, enter them, don't refresh.

so i refresh until i get to the booking page even when in the queue

[billum]

16 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

For the luddites.... what is a hard refresh? F5?

I think he means Ctrl-F5, which forces the browser to get all the elements of the web page from the web-server again, instead of the more usual method of just getting everything that hasn't changed (by timestamp) from the local cache of stuff on your machine

[fredfred]

16 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

For the luddites.... what is a hard refresh? F5?

basically your pc stores the web page in its cache and when you go onto that page again it just updates the changes. hard refresh wipes out all that cache and reloads the complete page. it is recommended on most forums but i think you only need to do it the once at the start but not sure hence the question

[fredfred]

23 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Don't hard refresh.

why do i not hard refresh

[Vidsidasta]

Just now, fredfred said:

why do i not hard refresh

It will force your browser to download the entire page again, including images. You don't need to get the images again each time as the images don't change.

[rubenz]

14 minutes ago, fredfred said:

so i refresh until i get to the booking page even when in the queue

Yes , exactly this. Keep refreshing until you hit the booking page. If you get some white screen of death tab back or start again .

[FuzzyDunlop]

15 minutes ago, fredfred said:

basically your pc stores the web page in its cache and when you go onto that page again it just updates the changes. hard refresh wipes out all that cache and reloads the complete page. it is recommended on most forums but i think you only need to do it the once at the start but not sure hence the question 

Thanks

[Penrhos]

I thought Ctrl-F5 would clear the "cookie of death" if you get the dreaded grey screen. Otherwise just "F5" less than every second is the way forward... But use the back button if the booking page bombs out not F5 or you'll get chucked back into the queue.

 

 

 

[Hugh Jass]

45 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

If you get a form to enter details into, enter them, don't refresh.

I bet we've all refreshed past the booking screen at least once.

[Little Andy]

I've always used command+r. I use a Mac. Is that ok refresh?

Edited October 4, 2018 by Little Andy

[faymondo]

Just now, Little Andy said:

I've always used ctrl+r. I use a Mac. Is that ok refresh?

I think that is reload. Cant work out what refresh is. That said we use that or the icon on the right end of the address bar.

[billum]

3 minutes ago, faymondo said:

I think that is reload. Cant work out what refresh is. That said we use that or the icon on the right end of the address bar.

Ctrl-r on Mac is the same as F5 on Windows, ie. reload / refresh the page, both the same - this is what to use on the busy page

[Crazyfool01]

7 minutes ago, Little Andy said:

I've always used command+r. I use a Mac. Is that ok refresh?

is fine ... that works for sure 

[mufcok]

I'm on a Dell laptop, first time in using it for a Glastonbury sale. Refresh seems to be Ctrl + R.. anyone know if that is normal refresh or 'hard refresh'?

Ctrl + shift + R also refreshes, I'm assuming that is hard refresh..

Edited October 4, 2018 by mufcok

[pentura]

2 minutes ago, mufcok said:

I'm on a Dell laptop, first time in using it for a Glastonbury sale. Refresh seems to be Ctrl + R.. anyone know if that is normal refresh or 'hard refresh'?

Ctrl + shift + R also refreshes, I'm assuming that is hard refresh..

CTRL + R is another way to refresh

You should still have an F5 key

[mufcok]

1 minute ago, pentura said:

CTRL + R is another way to refresh

You should still have an F5 key

F5 doesn't seem to refresh, just controls the volume.

Not sure if there's a way to make it so it does? First laptop I've had where F5 doesn't seem to refresh

[Notamurderer]

press the Fn key in the bottom left

[mufcok]

Just now, Notamurderer said:

press the Fn key in the bottom left

Yeah holding that and F5'ing works

[Notamurderer]

Just now, mufcok said:

Yeah holding that and F5'ing works

Theres probably a 'Fn lock' on the escape key, give that a go.  Should be F5ing with the best of em after that.

[pentura]

1 minute ago, mufcok said:

F5 doesn't seem to refresh, just controls the volume.

Not sure if there's a way to make it so it does? First laptop I've had where F5 doesn't seem to refresh

That's strange alright.

I also have a Dell and all my function keys (F1 - F12) all have primary commands with the function - F5 for instance, being the secondary command. 

So to do a refresh, I hold the 'FN' key and hit F5. Pressing F5 without pressing the 'FN' key will only do it's primary command, which in your case is the volume