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A main selling point of using CDNs for commonly used assets (like Google fonts) is that lots of websites use the same URL, so the browser is likely to have the
by Scarblac 5y ago
A main selling point of using CDNs for commonly used assets (like Google fonts) is that lots of websites use the same URL, so the browser is likely to have the asset in cache already from a previous use on another site. Makes the site faster and uses less bandwidth.
I don't think there is a solution right now. Maybe browsers can stop sending these headers to well known CDN domains by default.
- the_mitsuhiko 5y agoBrowsers do not share these caches due to privacy concerns. There is no benefit to it being in a central vs your own cdn.
- Scarblac 5y agoAh OK, I'm probably years out of date then. I'll look it up.
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 5y agoIt was implemented within the last 2 years, with exception of Safari which did it in 2013.