Re: [WSG] Re: Where did I come from?
That's not *fixing* the back button and is a consequence of the AJAX refresh JS instead. It is the JS that needs to be fixed joe On Jan 19 2008, at 17:43, Michael MD wrote: Are we agreed that the back button *should* take one to the previous page? yep .. speaking of which... Is there a good way to fix up back button behaviour (so it behaves as expected) on pages that do stuff like loading data by using javascript in hidden iframes? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Joe Ortenzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.joiz.com *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Re: Where did I come from?
Do you know what they are coding in? PHP?, ASP? The language may offer a specific solution, but the storing in a session might work, but as said, some situations don't pass the HTTP- REFERRER. But ultimately, in a WS-friendly world, is there no way to help convince them to follow this particular standard? I addition, have you researched that people WANT to go back to the site that led them to your web app? sometimes people move on to the next site for a reason and really are done with the first one... Joe On Jan 19 2008, at 07:18, Simon Cockayne wrote: Hi, Are we agreed that the back button *should* take one to the previous page? I use an internal web application (it's a helpdesk issue tracking system...not developed by me) where they developers have hijacked/ messed with that back button functionality so I cannot use the back button to get back where I was before I entered the internal web apprather the internal web app page re-renders itself. The developers of the internal web app are not keen on un-hijacking/ un-messing with the back button processing. A compromise...I thought...would be a button in the page saying, for example "Return" (or leave or abandon or exit or something TBA)...that would take the user back to the page they were on *before* the entered the internal web app. To accomplish the compromise the web app will need to know/ determine what the prior page to the web app was... Cheers, Simon On Jan 18, 2008 2:24 PM, Simon Cockayne < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I am on a webpage...how do I know what page the browser was previously showing. I think Javascript History object is the ticket...but STRICT mode in Firefox seems to tell me that I don't have permission to access it. NOTE: I don't want to use the History object to go back or forward...I just want to know what the previous page was...so I can create a button to go back to it... Cheers, Simon *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Joe Ortenzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.joiz.com *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
ADMIN Re: [WSG] Re: Where did I come from?
Hi list This is starting to move off topic, if not already there. Being more a question of client or server side scripting rather than web standards, it really doesn't belong on the WSG list (see guidelines) - I'd suggest a general web development source or moving it to the WSG forums for further discussion. Thanks James admin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Re: Where did I come from?
sorry about mylast response, i was having an email blitz with my brother whose name is mike.. --ron On Jan 19, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Michael MD wrote: Are we agreed that the back button *should* take one to the previous page? yep .. speaking of which... Is there a good way to fix up back button behaviour (so it behaves as expected) on pages that do stuff like loading data by using javascript in hidden iframes? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Re: Where did I come from?
way out of my league On Jan 19, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Michael MD wrote: Are we agreed that the back button *should* take one to the previous page? yep .. speaking of which... Is there a good way to fix up back button behaviour (so it behaves as expected) on pages that do stuff like loading data by using javascript in hidden iframes? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
RE: [WSG] Re: Where did I come from?
>Are we agreed that the back button *should* take one to the previous page? yep .. speaking of which... Is there a good way to fix up back button behaviour (so it behaves as expected) on pages that do stuff like loading data by using javascript in hidden iframes? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
