Comment 37 for bug 367531

(In reply to Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC) from comment #30)

> +++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpChannel.cpp
> - if (offline)
> - mLoadFlags |= LOAD_ONLY_FROM_CACHE;
>
> hrm, so I see why you're doing this, but a better solution would be highly
> desirable so that you can at least get at the cached page when you have no
> internet connection, instead of just an error page...

it's not my patch - so maybe I'm missing something - but I think this change just allows you to go to the network (localhost) if you are offline - but you'll still use the cache for everything.

(or does load_only_from_cache give you back expired entries or something you wouldn't normally get?)