On 8/19/10 12:06 AM, OBones wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
>> On 8/18/10 6:13 AM, OBones wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm having a strange behavior with some websites where I have to go back
>>> twice in the history to actually see the real previous page. This does
>>> not happen with IE and so I'm wondering why it happens.
>>> Here are the steps:
>>>
>>> 1. Open a blank tab
>>> 2. Paste that link in the address bar:
>>> http://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00089584.html
>>> 3. Press enter to open the page
>>>
>>> Expected: History is empty for the tab, the previous button remains
>>> grayed out
>>> Actual: History contains the same page and previous button is active.
>>>
>>> You can even navigate to other products on that website, it displays the
>>> same behavior on most, if not all pages.
>>> I have noticed it on other websites as well, so I think it is somewhat
>>> of a "common" issue.
>>>
>>> Note that if I turn Javascript off, it no longer happens, but I could
>>> not find which function or event does this...
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Olivier
>>
>> If I follow your instructions 1-3, the Previous button returns me to the
>> way the tab was at step #1.  This is not an error because the state of
>> the tab before step #3 is the tab's history.  And turning off JavaScript
>> does not change the behavior.
> 
> Hum, in my setup new tabs open blank, I guess yours opens a default web 
> page.
> 
> 
>> If I select a link to open in a new tab, however, then the history for
>> that new tab is indeed empty and the Previous button is grayed out.
> 
> Interesting, I'm not observing that, I do get the same problem as I 
> mentioned earlier.
> Which version do you use?
> I'm on version 2.0.6:
> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) 
> Gecko/20100701 SeaMonkey/2.0.6
> 
> Could it then come from an extension?
> 
> Regards
> Olivier

Yes, I set my preferences to display my bookmarks file on startup and
for a new tab.  For a test, however, I just now set it for a blank page
on a new tab.  Then, when I paste and load your
<http://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00089584.html> in a new tab, the Previous
arrow is grayed out.

UA string:  Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11)
Gecko/20100701 SeaMonkey/2.0.6
with Menu, Navigation, Status, and PrefBar bars displayed
Cookies for the originating Web site only

Extensions (enabled: 6)
* Adblock Plus 1.2.1
* DOM Inspector 2.0.4 (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/)
* Flashblock 1.3.16 (http://flashblock.mozdev.org/)
* Live HTTP headers 0.16
* PrefBar 5.1.1 (http://prefbar.mozdev.org/)
* Show Password On Input 0.1.3
(https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/6143/)
* ShowIP 0.8.19 (http://code.google.com/p/firefox-showip/)

-- 

David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>.

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© 1997 by David E. Ross
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