Stop Firefox reloading webpages when hitting back button

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20/9/14, பிற்பகல் 10:55

Is there any way to make hitting the back button not reload pages? It's become a bit of annoyance to me within the past few days because it sorta messed with my flow.

For example, let's say I'm looking at a phpBB forum. There's a unread posts button next to each topic. I click on the one next to a topic, this topic has 3 pages. The last post I read was halfway down the first page, it takes me to it (and adds "&view=unread#unread" to the URL). I finish reading the page, and move on to page 2. Partway down page two, I decide to go back to page 1 to re-read something that got quoted, and click the back button. But because of what seems like a recent change, Firefox attempts to reload the page instead of its old functionality... and thanks to the unread bit at the end of the URL, phpBB serves up page *3*. Now instead of going back, I've gone forward.

Is there any way to make hitting the back button not reload pages? It's become a bit of annoyance to me within the past few days because it sorta messed with my flow. For example, let's say I'm looking at a phpBB forum. There's a unread posts button next to each topic. I click on the one next to a topic, this topic has 3 pages. The last post I read was halfway down the first page, it takes me to it (and adds "&view=unread#unread" to the URL). I finish reading the page, and move on to page 2. Partway down page two, I decide to go back to page 1 to re-read something that got quoted, and click the back button. But because of what seems like a recent change, Firefox attempts to reload the page instead of its old functionality... and thanks to the unread bit at the end of the URL, phpBB serves up page *3*. Now instead of going back, I've gone forward.

Answer 1 · 2014-09-20 22:55:39

finitarry

21/9/14, முற்பகல் 7:30

In about:config, you can set this:

browser.cache.check_doc_frequency - set to 2 ( means never)

Answer 2 · 2014-09-20 22:55:39

ShinyNautili கேள்வியின் உரிமையாளர்

21/9/14, பிற்பகல் 2:42

Unfortunately changing that setting didn't do... anything, as far as I can tell. Firefox still keeps reloading pages when I hit the back button.

Answer 3 · 2014-09-20 22:55:39

finitarry

22/9/14, முற்பகல் 6:04

What that setting does is make the browser reload from the cache, and never check the cache versus the online version. It works for me. The page is fetched from the cache and remains the same. I have to force a reload from the server by holding down the Shift key while clicking the reload button.

Answer 4 · 2014-09-20 22:55:39

ShinyNautili கேள்வியின் உரிமையாளர்

22/9/14, முற்பகல் 10:01

browser.cache.check_doc_frequency user set integer 2

That's literally how it looks in my about:config and it made no difference.

Answer 5 · 2014-09-20 22:55:39

cor-el

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22/9/14, முற்பகல் 10:36

A way to avoid this is to open the links in a new tab with a middle-click and close the tab(s) to go back. That also avoids a large tab back history that clutter the sessionstore.js file.

Answer 6 · 2014-09-20 22:55:39

ShinyNautili கேள்வியின் உரிமையாளர்

22/9/14, பிற்பகல் 6:05

Uh, no? That doesn't help at all. It doesn't matter if I open the link in a new tab or not; if I'm on a forum it doesn't matter if hitting the "unread posts" button normally or opening in a new tab; "back" still reloads and goes forward.

Answer 7 · 2014-09-20 22:55:39

mberner13

9/10/14, முற்பகல் 5:21

This is irritating. This should not be necessary. In every previous version, clicking the back arrow re-displays the page from cache; clicking the reload button reloads the page. The back button has essentially become a reload button. It's just wrong. and it fouls up my work-flow. Also, browser.cache.check_doc_frequency user set integer 2 did nothing to alleviate the issue.

mberner13 மூலமாக 9 அக்டோபர், 2014, முற்பகல் 5:25:24 -0700 திருத்தப்பட்டது