303939 - firefox is caching after being disabled

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[7olReidesk]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

I have disabled caching using about:config several ways, [browser. cache. disk.
enable to false] [browser. cache. memory. capacity to 0] [browser. cache.
memory. enable to false] and finally adding C:\Program Files\Mozilla
Firefox\defaults\profile\user.js file to read
user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", false);
The user.js file "did" stop the caching for 2 weeks, even though disablig cache
using about:config did not?. It is imparitive that this machine does not cache
due to financial software it runs. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Problem has returned on its own  
2. Removing user.js file prior to the problem coming back
3.

Actual Results:  
I have done everything I have been able to find regarding this issue. The user
has to clear cache using Tools > Options > Privacy > Clear Cache to use the
financial software, else Firefox fills in fields from cache. Clearing the cache
clears the fields.

Expected Results:  
No caching at all. 

Using default theme. Default install, default themes on updates each time. No
additional software used in conjunction with Firefox on office machines.

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

When you say "Firefox fills in fields from cache", it sounds like you're seeing
saved form information, not cache. Have you turned of form saving?

To do this, go to Tools->Options->Saved Form Information and uncheck "Save
information I enter in web page forms and the Search Bar".

Comment 2

[7olReidesk]

I have ensured that Tools > Options > Saved Form Information is unchecked.
Clearing the cache enables user to continue work.

Comment 3

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

You haven't commented, so I'm assuming this is WORKSFORME.