flash bandwidth

[jonniejoejonson]

I have a user based site. If the users types in

http://www.FakeDomain.com/theirUsername

that persons profile will appear in the embedded profile.swf. Using php this swf extracts the username from the url and loads the relevant data.

If they click on another persons profile from within their profile a new window will open with this persons profile.

However what I don't want is for each time a new window is opened for the profile.swf to be redownloaded... as this is a waste of my bandwidth and the users time. I do however want the new profile to be opened in a new window.

Does a computer automatically know that it is trying download something that it has already downloaded becuase on my tests generally after the first profile.swf has loaded it seems to load the other profile pages in new windows almost instantly? I assume that is beacuase it has profile.swf in the cache memory???, however does the new download still take place? as I don't want to waste bandwidth. thanks in advance to any responders. Jonnie.

 

[oldnewbie]

Assuming the user doesn't empty his cache (or that it's not full...), the cached file should be used within the same browsing seesion at least.

Regards. Web Hosting - Web Design
03/13/05 -> OLDNEWBIE VS FLASHKIT

 

[jonniejoejonson]

That is what I thought, I just don't want to be downloading a 300k swf file each time a new html page is opened, if it is using the same swf, but with diff vars. Thanks for the response. Jonny.