[tech] Questions about cache

>It sounds like the consensus in this thread is that Amfora should not be
>using the cache when the user "clicks" a link. I suppose that makes sense,
>but I find that for a lot of cases using the cache improves the browsing
>experience. Most content on Gemini is static, and so it's nice when the page
>loads instantly, it really makes a noticeable difference, despite how fast
>Gemini is.

I think calling anything on this thread a consensus is being generous ;) I 
say since it is your app and you are not doing anything to break the spec 
that you are free to implement cache however you want. I think that your 
reasoning and method for caching makes a lot of sense.

If I recall correctly, amfora has an option to disable caching. In my mind 
that's good enough. I think that in absence of any guarantees in the spec, 
that it is incumbent on the capsule owner to put a cache disclaimer on 
dynamic content (Dynamic content doesn't seem to be the focus of gemini anyway)

I love amfora btw. Hands down my favorite gemini browser. Thanks for all 
your work on it. I follow it on GitHub (I'm sudobash1 there btw) and wow, is it busy :)

~Stephen

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