65021 - unpleasant UI behavior when returning to a dynamic form-posted page

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 55055

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[Aaron Brick]

after visiting a dynamic page which was returned due to posted form data,
returning to it is frustrating because one is asked every time if they would
like to repost the form data. it seems to me that there are three options at
this juncture:

	1. repost form data, reloading the page from the server.
	2. reload the page from the server with no posted data.
	3. reload the page from the cache.

(1) is what the user gets pressing "yes" at the dialog box. "no" yields (2),
which is almost always useless (and frequently results in an error). (3) seems
like a valuable option in many cases - it would not incur the network/latency
hit of (1), and in most cases would produce the same output. no one case is
better for all situations. (1) is especially dangerous in an automatic context,
because a transaction could be made and remade.

i think that the UI could be considerably improved in terms of speed and
usefulness by implementing the option to reload the page from the local cache.
imho, that should be the default behavior - as it is with all other pages - and
then the form data could be reposted only if desired by a 'reload'. dynamically
loaded pages are common enough that backing through them ought not make the user
click a button each time they go 'back'.

please also note that the problem is exhibited using mozilla.org's own search
function.

i would be happy to discuss this with the maintainer in irc, or as convenient.
thanks very much!

Comment 1

[gary_Cope]

Using win32 build 2001010708.

I can confirm this using mozilla.org search . Returning back to search results
using Back button requires the user to deal with a dialog before the page is
reloaded.

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

yeah.. i wouldnt trust mozilla if i was buying airline tickets
This is a dup, however - bug 55055
"Go Back broken for form post results"

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 55055 ***

Comment 3

[Loco]

Touche:).

VERIFIED.