341691 - Postdata re-submit dialog too technical

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 112848

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[nsteinberg]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.4

The postdata dialog box doesn't make any sense to non-technical people. The current text is

"The page you are trying to view contains POSTDATA that has expired from cache.
If you resend the data, any action the form carried out (such as a search or
online purchase) will be repeated. To resend the data, click OK. Otherwise,
click Cancel."

Most people wouldn't know what this means, and would just click a random button to get the dialog to disappear. Perhaps a better substitute would be "Going back may re-do whatever you did at the previous page. This could have harmful results. If you're sure you want to do this, press 'Go back.' If you aren't sure, press 'Cancel.' You may want to look for a 'previous' or 'back' button on the actual web page, or a link to where you want to go."

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Submit postdata.
2. Press the back button.

Actual Results:  
I expect user-friendly dialog.

Expected Results:  
I get technical mumbo-jumbo.

Comment 1

[Ryan Flint [:rflint] (ping via IRC for reviews)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 112848 ***