RESOLVED FIXED 45685
Web Inspector: Unclear which results are coming from the Cache 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45685
Summary Web Inspector: Unclear which results are coming from the Cache
Annie Sullivan
Reported 2010-09-13 10:41:57 PDT
In addition to results that come from the network, in the resources panel, sometimes results from the cache are shown, and it's unclear at a glance which is which. HttpWatch shows cached results (this is a really useful feature), but it clearly differentiates between the two in the Result column (see attached screenshot). It would also be good to do this for the HTML5 application cache.
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[IMAGE] Visualization of cached resources. (87.09 KB, image/png)
2010-09-14 10:57 PDT, Pavel Feldman 		no flags
Details
Google Chrome UI example (20.81 KB, image/png)
2011-02-16 07:51 PST, Alexander Romanovich 		no flags
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Pavel Feldman
Comment 1 2010-09-14 10:57:08 PDT
Created attachment 67575 [details] [IMAGE] Visualization of cached resources. We use visual notation for the cached resources (see screenshot attached) + there is a tooltip. We've recently supported resources cached by the network stack too. I'll rename this bug to address the missing AppCache part.
Annie Sullivan
Comment 2 2010-09-14 11:03:21 PDT
In that screenshot, it looks like you need to hover over the resource to see that it came from the cache? I think it really needs to be obvious at a glance (different color or a column that says something like "(cache)".
Pavel Feldman
Comment 3 2010-09-14 11:09:51 PDT
(In reply to comment #2) > In that screenshot, it looks like you need to hover over the resource to see that it came from the cache? I think it really needs to be obvious at a glance (different color or a column that says something like "(cache)". Cached resources' bars have transparent background + solid border. But I agree that we might need a more catchy distinction.
Sreeram Ramachandran
Comment 4 2010-09-14 11:20:27 PDT
(In reply to comment #3) > Cached resources' bars have transparent background + solid border. But I agree that we might need a more catchy distinction. Yes, especially when sending screenshots of the waterfall, it's really hard to see the difference (there's no hover to help too). Perhaps you could increase the transparency of the fill and make the solid border darker?
Annie Sullivan
Comment 5 2010-09-14 11:21:53 PDT
Yeah, it definitely needs to be clearer at a glance! Changing the bug title back.
Alexander Romanovich
Comment 6 2011-02-16 07:51:23 PST
Created attachment 82636 [details] Google Chrome UI example This is really awkward for developers. Would the Safari team consider adopting something like what Chrome is doing? They state "(from cache)" in some of the web inspector columns. See attached screenshot.
Alexander Romanovich
Comment 7 2011-02-16 08:20:40 PST
I should also note that this isn't just a case of something missing that would be useful for developers. What Safari is showing now is actually incorrect. In the Safari instance of the above example, it states that a "200 OK" status code was received from the server for a request that never contacted the server in the first place.
Michael Nordman
Comment 8 2011-05-14 15:06:02 PDT
It'd be nice if it said "from appcache" instead of "from cache" to distinguish between the HTTP cache and the APPCACHE.
Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 9 2011-07-15 15:30:30 PDT
Apple employees, see also <rdar://problem/9785591>.
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