Closed Bug 71251 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

View source should use source from cache instead of reloading.

Categories

(Core :: Networking: Cache, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking: Cache
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 55583

People

(Reporter: nighty, Assigned: neeti)

References

Details

As an author of dynamic webpages (php & oracle) I noticed a very annoying bug in
mozilla, related to the "view source" behaviour. It doesn't use the source from
the cache, but reloads it from the web.

Now, since mozilla forgets his POST vars, this can lead to unpredictable
results. It is especially annoying for authors of dynamic pages, like me, who
rely upon the "view source" capability of their browser to check for possible
bugs in our code. It can also display erroneous code when the page has some
random component in it...

Fixing the "forget POST vars" bug is one step into the good direction, but only
a "view source" implemented from cache will completely solve these problems.
When users click on "view source" they expect to see the source of the
page/frame currently being rendered; not the source of a reload.

Perhaps this bug is already reported; I checked bugzilla but didn't find it. If
this is a known bug, my appologies.
*** Bug 71252 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 71253 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Dupe of mostfreq bug 55583.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 55583 ***
vrfy dup
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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