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  how to avoid buffering? "Wendelin Uez" <wuez@online.de> - 2026-07-12 17:25 +0200
    Re: how to avoid buffering? dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-12 18:37 +0200
      Re: how to avoid buffering? "Wendelin Uez" <wuez@online.de> - 2026-07-12 19:45 +0200
        Re: how to avoid buffering? dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-12 20:04 +0200
          Re: how to avoid buffering? "Wendelin Uez" <wuez@online.de> - 2026-07-13 16:32 +0200
            Re: how to avoid buffering? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-07-13 17:31 +0200
              Re: how to avoid buffering? "Wendelin Uez" <wuez@online.de> - 2026-07-14 11:19 +0200
                Re: how to avoid buffering? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-07-14 16:31 +0200
            Re: how to avoid buffering? dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-13 20:09 +0200
              Re: how to avoid buffering? "Wendelin Uez" <wuez@online.de> - 2026-07-14 11:28 +0200
                Re: how to avoid buffering? dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-14 21:41 +0200
                  Re: how to avoid buffering? "Wendelin Uez" <wuez@online.de> - 2026-07-15 16:18 +0200
                    Re: how to avoid buffering? dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-15 18:57 +0200
                      Re: how to avoid buffering? "Wendelin Uez" <wuez@online.de> - 2026-07-17 19:06 +0200
                        Re: how to avoid buffering? dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-17 20:29 +0200
    Re: how to avoid buffering? Ammammata <ammammata@tiscali.it> - 2026-07-16 08:33 +0200
      Re: how to avoid buffering? "Wendelin Uez" <wuez@online.de> - 2026-07-17 19:09 +0200
        Re: how to avoid buffering? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-17 19:46 +0200
    Re: how to avoid buffering? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-16 18:16 +0800
      Re: how to avoid buffering? "Wendelin Uez" <wuez@online.de> - 2026-07-17 19:20 +0200
        Re: how to avoid buffering? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-17 22:32 +0000
        Re: how to avoid buffering? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-18 11:26 +0800
          Re: how to avoid buffering? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-21 16:21 +0200
            Re: how to avoid buffering? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-21 16:21 +0200
              Re: how to avoid buffering? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-22 22:03 +0800
                Re: how to avoid buffering? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-24 09:05 +0200
    Re: how to avoid buffering? <-- it's called caching "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-18 11:28 +0800
      Re: how to avoid buffering? <-- it's called caching "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-18 11:36 +0800
        Re: how to avoid buffering? <-- it's called caching "Wendelin Uez" <wuez@online.de> - 2026-07-20 07:43 +0200

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#17704 — how to avoid buffering?

On my android smartphone I have assigned following Tasmota commands
http://192.168.178.91/cm?cmnd=Power%20on
http://192.168.178.91/cm?cmnd=Power%20off
to 2 icons namen ON and OFF to switch a Tasmota device on and off by a 
single icon  touch only.

This works very fine, except that the device's answer page is buffered in 
Firefox, and when I switch ON and OFF and again to ON the second ON does not 
send again the command to the device but reads the answer page from buffer 
showing the previous answer instead of executing switch on.

Therefore to send a second ON I always must terminate Firefox first, f.e. by 
removing all apps from memory, and then the second ON icon touch will work.

What can I do to send the command to the Tasmota device even if there is 
already an answer page in cache?

ChatGPT suggested to add something like Date.now() to the URL to make the 
call unique so that no cache copy can exist, but how can I add this into the 
icon's command line?
ChatGPT adviced me to create a new HTML file with JavaScript code in it, but 
while calling this file the command was executed properly it didn't work 
when the HTML file was assigned to an icon via "add to start screen".

I simply want to touch the ON and OFF icons without having the need to 
cancel Firefox first. How can I do that? 

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#17706

Op 12-07-2026 om 17:25 schreef Wendelin Uez:
> On my android smartphone I have assigned following Tasmota commands
> http://192.168.178.91/cm?cmnd=Power%20on
> http://192.168.178.91/cm?cmnd=Power%20off
> to 2 icons namen ON and OFF to switch a Tasmota device on and off by a
> single icon  touch only.
> 
> This works very fine, except that the device's answer page is buffered
> in Firefox, and when I switch ON and OFF and again to ON the second ON
> does not send again the command to the device but reads the answer page
> from buffer showing the previous answer instead of executing switch on.
> 
> Therefore to send a second ON I always must terminate Firefox first,
> f.e. by removing all apps from memory, and then the second ON icon touch
> will work.
> 
> What can I do to send the command to the Tasmota device even if there is
> already an answer page in cache?
> 
> ChatGPT suggested to add something like Date.now() to the URL to make
> the call unique so that no cache copy can exist, but how can I add this
> into the icon's command line?
> ChatGPT adviced me to create a new HTML file with JavaScript code in it,
> but while calling this file the command was executed properly it didn't
> work when the HTML file was assigned to an icon via "add to start screen".
> 
> I simply want to touch the ON and OFF icons without having the need to
> cancel Firefox first. How can I do that?

This doesn't look like Firefox problem.
Why don't you install a Tasmota control app on your phone?
A Quick search on my phone shows at least 3 available.

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#17708

> This doesn't look like Firefox problem.

Yes, it's not a Firefox problem but a problem I want to solve using Firefox.
And caching pages is a Firefox job.
Of course, I could run another browser - and probably would have the same 
problem.


> Why don't you install a Tasmota control app on your phone?

Why should I start an additional app, select the device and toggle its state 
when I can do that with a single touch only?

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#17709

Op 12-07-2026 om 19:45 schreef Wendelin Uez:
> Why should I start an additional app, select the device and toggle its
> state when I can do that with a single touch only?
> 

Because you can't, you already tried that, the answer of your device
gets stuck in your browser, instead of an app which monitors its state.

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#17736

>> Why should I start an additional app, select the device and toggle its
>> state when I can do that with a single touch only?
>>
>
> Because you can't, you already tried that, the answer of your device
> gets stuck in your browser, instead of an app which monitors its state.

Sure I can, as I explained, you didn't read it?

Let me repeat: "What can I do to send the command to the Tasmota device even 
if there is
already an answer page in cache?"

I have no problem if you don't know how to do it, but why do you want to 
solve a problem no one has raised? 

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#17737

Wendelin,

> Let me repeat: "What can I do to send the command to the Tasmota device
> even if there is already an answer page in cache?"

The simpelest solution ?

step 1: click the shortcut
step 2 : tell the browser to refresh the webpage.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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#17758

> The simpelest solution ?
>
> step 1: click the shortcut
> step 2 : tell the browser to refresh the webpage.

Yes, that's a solution for the last quotation but not for that what I asked 
for in my opening question .

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#17760

Wendelin,

>> The simpelest solution ?
>>
>> step 1: click the shortcut
>> step 2 : tell the browser to refresh the webpage.
>
> Yes, that's a solution for the last quotation but not for that what I 
> asked for in my opening question .

Your opening question contained :

[quote=you]
Therefore to send a second ON I always must terminate Firefox first, f.e. by 
removing all apps from memory, and then the second ON icon touch will work.

What can I do to send the command to the Tasmota device even if there is 
already an answer page in cache?
[/quote]

And that is what my suggestion was a response to.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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#17741

On 13/07/2026 16:32, Wendelin Uez wrote:
>>> Why should I start an additional app, select the device and toggle its
>>> state when I can do that with a single touch only?
>>>
>>
>> Because you can't, you already tried that, the answer of your device
>> gets stuck in your browser, instead of an app which monitors its state.
> 
> Sure I can, as I explained, you didn't read it?
> 
> Let me repeat: "What can I do to send the command to the Tasmota device 
> even if there is
> already an answer page in cache?"
> 
> I have no problem if you don't know how to do it, but why do you want to 
> solve a problem no one has raised?

Your device sends you a status message, and Firefox can't handle that.
You can try Rudy's solution, but that was likely the first thing you tried.
If that doesn't work write yourself a web page (with a button!) which 
acts as the app.
If you can't do that, stop whining and get the app.

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#17759

> If you can't do that, stop whining and get the app.

My question was

> I simply want to touch the ON and OFF icons without having the need to 
> cancel Firefox first. How can I do that?

Sure, it's not mainly a question for Firefox, but Firefox - and probably 
other browsers too - buffers the answer page and does not send the request 
again.

My problem is not to send an URLor command using Firefox or any other app 
but preventing Firefox from accessing its buffer instead of sending the 
request again. If any other app can do this, can Firefox do this also?

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#17774

Op 14/07/2026 om 11:28 schreef Wendelin Uez:
>> If you can't do that, stop whining and get the app.
> 
> My question was
> 
>> I simply want to touch the ON and OFF icons without having the need to 
>> cancel Firefox first. How can I do that?
> 
> Sure, it's not mainly a question for Firefox, but Firefox - and probably 
> other browsers too - buffers the answer page and does not send the 
> request again.
> 
> My problem is not to send an URLor command using Firefox or any other 
> app but preventing Firefox from accessing its buffer instead of sending 
> the request again. If any other app can do this, can Firefox do this also?
> 
> 
> 
What a waste of time, is this your hobby?

I don't think this is a browser/cache problem, the device is trying to 
talk to you and you are only shouting ON and OFF.
I doubt a device that's turned off would talk to me, so what does off 
really mean here?
Is it stand-by? Is it sleeping? If so, how do we wake up the device?
Shouting ON doesn't wake it up, reconnecting the browser (phone?) 
apparently does. Can we wake it up without reconnecting?

All of this (and more) is solved by the app, get the app.

Cheers, and good luck, I'm done with this now.

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#17785

>  I'm done with this now.

Never mind; you don't seem to know what Tasmota is anyway.

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#17787

On 15/07/2026 16:18, Wendelin Uez wrote:
>>  I'm done with this now.
> 
> Never mind; you don't seem to know what Tasmota is anyway.
Maybe so, did you try toggle? Instead of on/off?

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#17796

>> Never mind; you don't seem to know what Tasmota is anyway.
> Maybe so, did you try toggle? Instead of on/off?

No, why should I do so? Even if toggling would work fine switching would 
continue making problems. 

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#17800

On 17/07/2026 19:06, Wendelin Uez wrote:
>>> Never mind; you don't seem to know what Tasmota is anyway.
>> Maybe so, did you try toggle? Instead of on/off?
> 
> No, why should I do so? 

Because you'll learn something.

> Even if toggling would work fine switching would continue making problems.

Why? Is this your first Tasmota device?

https://tasmota.github.io/docs/

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#17791

Wendelin Uez expressed precisely :
> How can I do that?

try running Firefox incognito

-- 
/-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ T /-\
-=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- - -=-
........... [ al lavoro ] ...........
-.-. .... . ... .. ...- .. -. -.-. .- --- -.-. .... . ... .. .--. . .-. 
-.. .- ..-. --- .-. --.. .- - --- .-. --- . .--- ..- ...- . -- . .-. 
-.. .-

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#17797

> try running Firefox incognito

Good idea, but I've still not found a way to configure my Android Frefox to 
do so - neither by configuration nor by command line parameter. But maybe 
I've not searched enough for that. 

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#17799

On 2026-07-17 19:09, Wendelin Uez wrote:
>> try running Firefox incognito
> 
> Good idea, but I've still not found a way to configure my Android Frefox 
> to do so - neither by configuration nor by command line parameter. But 
> maybe I've not searched enough for that.

If by "incognito" you mean "private", I managed time ago to make my 
Firefox open private windows by default in Android. I don't remember 
how, I know I had to insist a few times till I got it done.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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#17794

On 7/12/2026 11:25 PM, Wendelin Uez wrote:
> On my android smartphone I have assigned following Tasmota commands
> http://192.168.178.91/cm?cmnd=Power%20on
> http://192.168.178.91/cm?cmnd=Power%20off
> to 2 icons namen ON and OFF to switch a Tasmota device on and off by a
> single icon  touch only.
> 
> This works very fine, except that the device's answer page is buffered in
> Firefox, and when I switch ON and OFF and again to ON ....

Try appending a time-stamp to the URL, led by a question
mark. It's a typical web programming trick.

http://192.168.178.91/cm?cmnd=Power%20off?2026071612121211

Notice the part "?yyyymmddhhmmss": yyyymmdd is date,
followed by "hhmmss" which is time.




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#17798

> Try appending a time-stamp to the URL, led by a question
> mark. It's a typical web programming trick.

I know this trick, but I don't know how to implement in a one-liner.

Getting this timer value needs a javascript function, but this can't be 
called in the command line, and even ChatGPT could not serve with a few 
lines html-code solution without additional dependencies. In Wndows I could 
construct such a command line even simply in .bat files, but AFAIK Android 
has not such ones. 

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