Odyssey 3.0 alpha - how to disable disk cache?

Is there currently a way to disable disk cache in Odyssey 3.0? The cache option in prefs is alredy 'off' but the conf/cache dir is filled continuously.

In the readme file there is mentioned an env variable affecting cache, "OWB_DISABLE_MOBILE_COMPRESSION", but it does not seem to have any effect. I tried to put it on the 'tooltypes', and also run on cli 'setenv OWB_DISABLE_MOBILE_COMPRESSION save', but either of the them worked.

@Gregor

I don't recall if there is an option to disable it completly. You can switch to "Document Viewer" mode instead of "Document Browser" or "Primary Web Browser". In "Document Viewer" mode the caches (memory and disk) are the smallest.

@deadwoodQuote:

Thanks! In "Document viewer" mode the cache dir stays empty. But in Odyssey 1.23 I do not even have the 'cache' dir, and Odyssey do not create it even if I use 'Document browser' mode (in contrast to v. 3,0).

in 2025 does any browser need a disk cache at all?

Even the most modern browsers still do this. Firefox allows you to delete all temporary files on exit via an option, while Chrome requires you to do it manually!

@NinjaCyborg
Quote:Depends on your internet connection.
If you live in a big city with 1 Gbit or more FTTH internet access you don't need a browser disk cache, unless you care about your CO² footprint.
If you live in a small village, and/or in an underdeveloped country like Germany (internet access related at least) instead, you may not even get VDSL but only DSL, max. 16 Mbit and in a lot of cases only 768 or 384 Kbit.
Or in worst case no internet access at all, neither any DSL nor G3/G4/G5 networks available, only ISDN 64 Kbit or a V56 modem might still be an option - in the unlikely case there are still any service providers supporting it, or satellite internet with a very high latency.
If you have a slow internet speed large browser disk caches help a lot.