Closed Bug 79636 Opened 24 years ago Closed 23 years ago

back doesn't get you back because of meta refresh 0

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(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect, P3)

defect

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VERIFIED WONTFIX
mozilla1.0

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(Reporter: bugzilla, Assigned: radha)

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Details

to reproduce: 0) go to http://mozilla.org 1) turn off javascript for navigator 2) go to http://mail.opasia.dk 3) you're now redirected because of the missing javascript support. Now activate JavaScript for navigator and 4) press Back 5) you're returned to http://mozilla.org and not back to the login page at http://mail.opasia.dk build 20010508
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Priority: -- → P3
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.0
According to _basic@yahoo.com, this bug was caused by the fix to bug 65169, "page with meta-refresh set to 0secs shouldn't be added to session history".
I don't believe there is a bug here. The above url does not do any redirection when javascript is disabled. It just serves a different content when javascript is disabled. The back/forward button behavior si rightr sicne there was no page inbetween when javascript is disabled.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
It seems that the page has changed. It was a valid bug when it was first reported.
Yeps the page changed. I've changed the URL to shown the original problem. The URL is now http://weba.mail.opasia.dk/webmail/
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
I see what you are saying. This is a feature of the browser. There are numerous sites that use meta refresh to redirect users to other sites in a short period of time. The browser will not add the original url to session history if the duration of transfer to other site happens in < 15 seconds. If this is not done, then clicking back at the destination site will bring you to the original url which will again redirect. You can not get out of this situation. Marking won't fix.
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago23 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Umm that is not entirely true, with moz you have a drop down that can get around that. Personally I would prefer to have a record of all the urls I have visited, but I see the convenience this brings for many users. Maybe it should be a pref?
I think you can see the original url in global history. Tools->history and the history sidebar panel.
Heh, didn't notice that, thanks for the tip. Still I'd like to be able to see the history in the order I visited them, I guess that is part of a different bug about the history tool.
v 20020222
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Component: History: Session → Document Navigation
QA Contact: claudius → docshell
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