120036 - Session history misbehaves on nsIWebNavigation::GoBack()

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)

Description

[av (gone)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4.2) Gecko/20020113

This is branch only bug, fixed on the trunk with a number of related fixes which 
did not get into the branch.

I file this bug as an offspring of 
http://bugscape.netscape.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11600 since I beleive that it is 
not related to the original problem but somewhat 'block' my fix for 11600.

To see the problem do the following:
1. apply patch from 11600 (Bugscape bug) if you do it before I check it in
2. follow the step in 11600
3. if you are on the trunk enjoy it working: clip plays the page stays
4. on the branch the page changes to something wrong
5. if nothing unusual happens, play one more clip, the problem should show up

Expected: the original page visibly stays, in fact it goes to a full-page plugin 
page and then immediately navigates back, so for the user it looks like the page 
is not left

Actual: it does not navigates back correctly, I saw loading just a banner from 
the original page, on other occasion I saw loading yet another previous page.

Comment 1

[av (gone)]

Nominating, since it is needed for Bugscape b-u-g 11600.

Comment 2

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

Attachment: Patch to the 9.4 branch obtained from the trunk

Patch to 0.9.4 branch. This patch has been in the trunk for 2 months.

Comment 3

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

To achieve proper behavior of the back forward buttons and Go menus, after the 
media player has been used, this patch is required in the branch. This is the 
case, even if windows media player v 7.01 is used. 

Comment 4

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

The patch was arrived from fixes to bugzilla bugs 108041 and 92824

Comment 5

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

Attachment: Missing file included

The previous patch is missing changes to navigator.js. This patch has it at the
end of teh file.

Comment 6

[Judson Valeski]

per conversation w/ radha and av, this is no longer blocking the bugscape bug.

Comment 7

[av (gone)]

I believe, it is not going to the branch anyway too --> WONTFIX

Comment 8

[David Epstein]

Spoke to Radha about this. The problem only occurs in CS; but they don't even
use a session history and are only concerned about the repainting of the page
(which apparently is OK in CS).