94417 - easy fix: for view page source, DO NOT reload!

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 40867

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[abarch]

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.3) Gecko/20010801
BuildID:    2001080104

i have made every attempt to make this bug report clear. if i failed miserably,
please contact me at [e-mail]

i have a web site that uses perl cgi, and therefore relies on form parameters to
transmit data. 

when i use the 'view page source' option, mozilla, instead of displaying the
HTML code that it is referencing to display the current page, requests the page
again from the server - whats more, when it does this, it forgets to use the
parameters that were originally passed. 

this should be an easy change, right? 

PLEASE fix this by having it display the HTML it is referencing, rather than
downloading a new copy of the HTML with the parameters. this is cruical for
error checking. 

this software is getting better. keep up the good work.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.log in to a server that uses CGI/parameters. (try yahoo mail?)
2.request a page that uses parameters
3. request the page source for this page.

Actual Results:  the browser either is:

re-requesting the document from the server without the parameters
-or-requests a unique copy from the server with no parameters

Expected Results:  all it needs to do is display the HTML that it used to
generate the page that is being displayed in the browser window.

it also doesnt seem to pass the correct browser identification info for the
server, so that you get errors like the one below!

</frameset>
<noframes>
<h2>Sorry.</h2>
<p>
<b>Yahoo! Mail requires the use of Netscape Navigator 3.0, Internet Explorer 3.0
or better.</b>
</noframes>
<!-- YahooMail -->
<!-- SUCCESS -->
</html>
<!--0.40788-->
<!-- compressed -->

Comment 1

[Jarrod Gray]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 40867 ***