Hi all. I was having a very strange problem on Amazon where I would search for something like hobby display cases. With the sort menu set to featured, I would get, say, 300 results. Then, when I sorted by price, it would drop to 30. Stuff like this has been happening to me for years and is very frustrating. I probably wasted hours tonight. I decided to complain and got on a long chat with an Amazon rep. Eventually, he told me to clear the browser cache. That apparently solved the problem. I told him to report it to management as I consider that a design flaw. I did a little research and found this article:
geekflare.com
Apparently, javascript is pulled from the cache rather than the web page. That seems to be a stupid design to me. You've probably been told to clear your cache at one time or another to fix a problem. Well, I'm tired of it. This Amazon problem has been haunting me for years. I also leave my browser open for weeks at a time with 300 tabs like @Steve . So, as of now, I'm trying the plugins listed in that article to disable the cache entirely, one for Brave, one for Firefox. Having a minor speed increase isn't worth it for me to create these kinds of problems. So, I thought I'd pass it along to you all in case it's helpful to you. Good luck.
EDIT: I just tried to plugin in Brave. My Amazon search still is changing the number of search results depending on whether I sort by featured or price. I don't know why. I'm still leaving the cache disabled regardless - assuming the plugin even works.
May your bits be stable and your interfaces be fast.
Ron
How To Disable Cache in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Other Browsers
Surfing the internet can, at times be frustrating because the latest version of the website fails to load and you may see an outdated page. Disable cache to solve this issue.
geekflare.com
Apparently, javascript is pulled from the cache rather than the web page. That seems to be a stupid design to me. You've probably been told to clear your cache at one time or another to fix a problem. Well, I'm tired of it. This Amazon problem has been haunting me for years. I also leave my browser open for weeks at a time with 300 tabs like @Steve . So, as of now, I'm trying the plugins listed in that article to disable the cache entirely, one for Brave, one for Firefox. Having a minor speed increase isn't worth it for me to create these kinds of problems. So, I thought I'd pass it along to you all in case it's helpful to you. Good luck.
EDIT: I just tried to plugin in Brave. My Amazon search still is changing the number of search results depending on whether I sort by featured or price. I don't know why. I'm still leaving the cache disabled regardless - assuming the plugin even works.
May your bits be stable and your interfaces be fast.
Ron
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