Shad Sterling (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} polyergic) wrote,@ 2007-06-07 00:50:00 |
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| Entry tags: | firefox, geek, ui |
UI
I guess I was in a mood to complain today, so I went to file a bug report on Firefox, and it turns out that that particular bug has not only been reported before, it's been argued about for years. Nothing had been added to it for a while, and I didn't see anything which seemed to have a serious suggestion for what a fix would look like, so I posted my thoughts here.
The problem is that what happens when you press the "back" button in Firefox is inconsistent; sometimes it shows you a page, and sometimes it pops up a modal dialog box asking if you really want to resubmit a form. For various reasons, which are discussed in the comments on that bug, it is a bit tricky to provide a user interface that doesn't suck.
