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original dev repo for AllForGood.org
http://AllForGood.org/
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Searches add an extra history entry #381

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Search result pages initially have a URL like this:

http://www.allforgood.org/search#q=<<QUERY>>&vol_loc=<<LOCATION>>

The site rewrites them like this:

http://www.allforgood.org/search#q=<<QUERY>>&num=10&start=1&vol_loc=<<LOCATION>>
&timeperiod=everything&cache=1

In doing this, it creates an extra history item, requiring two back button
presses. This is an especially big issue with search.gov, since it's making
it difficult for users to get back to serve.gov after searching on AFG. 
There needs to be a way to achieve the goals of rewriting the URL without
adding an extra history item.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ehysen on 15 Jun 2009 at 8:12

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
This is now partially fixed -- it now requires only one back button press to 
get back on FF, down from two 
before.
And on IE it requires two back button presses, down from three (!) before.
Safari/Chrome are still really hosed in terms of back-button behavior.

I'm going to move this to 2.x to investigate a better fix, which will quite 
likely involve discarding the RSH library.

Original comment by manz...@gmail.com on 16 Jun 2009 at 8:36

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by adam.sah on 28 Jun 2009 at 4:25