Under windows 7 premium home, this does show up with internet explorer but not with firefox. Jos
> -----Original Message----- > From: dev-boun...@racket-lang.org > [mailto:dev-boun...@racket-lang.org] On Behalf Of Matthias Felleisen > Sent: 02 December 2010 04:21 > To: Eli Barzilay > Cc: lukejor...@gmail.com; 'dev' > Subject: Re: [racket-dev] [racket] Exploratory programming? > > > In Safari this error doesn't show up. > > On Dec 1, 2010, at 9:52 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > > > Four hours ago, engin...@alum.mit.edu wrote: > >> > >> 2. Search Manuals breaks the browser's Back button. > Here's a simple > >> example. > >> a. Open http://docs.racket-lang.org/ > >> b. Type "modulus" in the "search manuals" box and hit Enter c. No > >> matches found, so change the highlighted text to "modulo" > >> d. Click on one of the results > >> e. Click the browser's back button > >> f. I'm not "back" at the list of results > >> > >> I have been very impressed with the level of documentation, but I > >> (and my students) have often found frustration in searching. > > > > That's an issue with URLs and with how your browser decides to > > implement history navigation. When you're done with (b), > you get to > > the search page with the query in the url "...?q=modulus". You now > > change the string and follow a link, then go back -- to the > same url > > with the original query. At this point, Chrome > reinitializes the page > > in a way that makes "modulus" re-appear in the input field, while > > FireFox preserves the state as you left it and will not do that. I > > know how to make FF behave like Chrome, but that involves > > re-initializing the page, which means that using the back > button will > > be much more painful. > > > > -- > > ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) > Eli Barzilay: > > http://barzilay.org/ > Maze is Life! > > _________________________________________________ > > For list-related administrative tasks: > > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev
