149409 - Clarification to reported Javascript:history.go(#); problem.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 146268

Description

[James Grubic]

Hello:

I have done some more extensive testing on this problem, and wished to report my
results.

In Netscape 3/4x, IE 5.x, etc. the javascript:history.go(-3); jumps to a
specific previous page in a form-based site. These browsers all work
identically. Mozilla 1 .0 and Netscape 7 jump one page further back.

I believe that I now know why in our situation it is doing this. On our
form-based site, we use a <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh"
CONTENT="1;URL=http://www.testsite.com"> to get to a specific page automatically
(we do this to pass certain parameters to Lasso, a database manipulation tool).
It is my opinion that Mozilla 1.0/Netscape 7 is not counting this refresh page
in the history list, and the older browsers are.

This is of course a minor issue and I doubt that anyone else would ever see
this. It's easier for us to set up our site in a different way than it is for
you to go through mountains of code looking for a trivial problem. On regular
sites with no automatic refreshes, the javascript:history.go(#); works correctly.

Thank you, and keep up the great work on Mozilla.


James

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

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Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

Resolving as dup of reporter's original bug 146268 and adding comment there.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 146268 ***