212181 - Back button should never reload a page

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 33269

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)

Description

[Timwi]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 WebWasher 3.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 WebWasher 3.2

Using the back button should immediately show the previous page as it was shown
minutes ago, and never reload it. If I wanted to reload it, I can still do so by
explicitly telling the browser to do so.

Notice that this has nothing to do with the HTTP headers that tell the browser
not to cache a page. Those take effect when you enter the URL in the Location
bar or follow a link to it. Following a link and then using "back" should be
equivalent to having opened the link in a new window or tab, and then closing it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Josh Birnbaum]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 33269 ***