People often wonder how to address slowness of their computers while they're using them for regular browsing. At times, it all boils down to intermittent or unreliable internet connection. On occasions like these, web browsers like Chrome, Opera, Safari, Mozilla, and Internet Explorer do their share to help speed up the process -- they save images and files on their cache. But what is the cache really?
All websites that we visit are actually made up of multiple files and images that are simply put on display on the page. Web browsers then would save parts of these images and files so that the next time you visit these same websites, web browsers can pull out all these data from the cache, and display it more quickly for you while the rest of the page loads. After all, it is faster for a web browser to fetch things from its cache than to pull it fresh from the website. However, when a website releases new features or certain changes on display or with the files in existence, the cache will most likely not have it ready for display immediately. This causes even further delay, and sometimes, it would cause the new feature to not work properly on the user's interface.
This experience is not uncommon, and even on Sprout HR, we do advise our clients to perform a clear cache every now and then. Here's how you can do this on Google Chrome:
1. On the Google Chrome homepage click on the Menu, the three vertical dots you will find on the upper rightmost corner of the page. A drop-down list appears. Select Settings from this drop-down list.
2. This will then take you to the Settings page. Here, you can click on the drop-down arrow beside the Advanced tab and select Privacy and Security.
3. After the page loads, scroll down to the Clear Browsing Data tab and click on the arrow to the right.
4. A pop-up box will appear. Click on the Clear Data button.
5. Close the browser window and reopen it again.
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