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From: Neil Gulati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: Tracking hits without cache-busting
> To bring it to the point. F*** the "BACK" button. I hardly ever use it
myself, and so I
> believe users are ready to leave it behind as well. New versions of
popular browsers should
> also start to reduce it's prominence on their interfaces, too.
hahahaha you knob. So you're saying that just to satisfy the needs of a very
small number of applications out there on the web, we should all ditch our
back button? Might I remind you Eienstein that the browser's back button
avoids the overhead of an HTTP request which makes surfing a hell of a lot
faster if one rides their back button alot.
I've had a problem before with a CGI that must load a new page on every
request - just search through the http spec and set all the no-cache options
you can get your hands on, plus there are 2 meta tags you can add to the
documents themselves. The other option is to use some JavaScript to take
over the browser's back button - it works :)
I also had a problem with an image having to be re-loaded from the server
every time (for a web-counter application). The easiest way to avoid any
cache or proxy that was shoved in its way was to stick a julian date into
the URL using JavaScript (making the URL constantly change and
un-cacheable). Take a look at the HTML www.retinaplus.com wants embedded
into a page to get an idea.
Regards,
ap.
