298928 - going back to gmail erases forward button history

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)

Description

[James Darpinian]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050626 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050626 Firefox/1.0+

It seems like GMail is actually doing this on purpose.  I don't think it should
be allowed, though.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log in to GMail
2. Go to another site
3. Go back to GMail with the back button
Actual Results:  
The forward button is disabled

Expected Results:  
Forward should be enabled after going back

Comment 1

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050626
Firefox/1.0+
I can confirm this.

Comment 2

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

I see the same.... bfcache makes no difference.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050627
Firefox/1.0+ ID:2005062701

Comment 3

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050627
Firefox/1.0+ ID:2005062711

Confirmed

->New

Comment 4

[log1nnam3]

(In reply to comment #0)
> User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2)
Gecko/20050626 Firefox/1.0+
> Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2)
Gecko/20050626 Firefox/1.0+
> 
> It seems like GMail is actually doing this on purpose.  I don't think it should
> be allowed, though.
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Log in to GMail
> 2. Go to another site
> 3. Go back to GMail with the back button
> Actual Results:  
> The forward button is disabled
> 
> Expected Results:  
> Forward should be enabled after going back



I don't think that's a bug.  It is a function of Gmail.  Notice that the status
bar always says "transferring from Gmail.com" (or some such language).  I think
this indicates that Gmail is pushing data to your client constantly.  Therefore,
the browser has moved forward beyond the point you left it.

Comment 5

[James Darpinian]

You're thinking too technically.  Preventing the browser from functioning
properly is not a "function" of GMail.  At best it is an unfortunate side
effect.  Think from the perspective of a user.  They went to another site, went
back to GMail, and now they can't go forward.  It's a bug.  It doesn't matter
what is causing it to happen, or whether GMail intends it or not.  This bug may
very well be marked WONTFIX but it *is* a bug.

Comment 6

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

bug 303151 is related?