29 September 2011, 10:43

Caching Issue Needs Analysis

Hi,

I’ve noticed there some issues on the caching. I have
come across on instance of the caching issue where changing the logo on the
theme doesn’t work on Windows XP with MSIE7, but does work on Windows 7
with MSIE9. I think the issue results in both the handling of the cache, and
the web browser. The new set of browsers handle caching files better than older
browsers or the new set of browsers simply do not cache images at all (as a
security method.) This may also pertain to file caching which would result in a
faster web browser.

A compatiblity analysis would need to be initiated under the
Mahara.org umbrella. The analysis would needs to determine which operating
systems are presumed compatible and which
browsers are compatible. On the safe side, I would advise that all users
upgrade to the latest browser version, and then go from there.

I will add a new group to my upcoming release for reason of
importance. Our mahara installation is hardcoded into an application interface
that can require components of MSIE. Compatibility will be an issue.

Thank you