Over 20 years of experience in Sterile, Biological Pharmaceutical and Hospital Facilities Engineering Design, Construction and Validation.
While useful, hitting F5 constantly on a website (like ticket sales or product launches) is considered "poor netiquette." It can look like a bot attack and get your IP address temporarily banned. If a page is slow, hit F5 once, wait 10 seconds, then try Ctrl+F5. Spamming it makes things worse.
| Action | Windows / Linux | Mac | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | F5 | Cmd + R | | Hard Refresh (Clear Cache) | Ctrl + F5 | Cmd + Shift + R | | Refresh Desktop / File Explorer | F5 | N/A (Use Right-click) | | If F5 doesn't work... | Try Fn + F5 | Use Cmd + R instead |