Disabling page updates?

[Ray Dunakin]

Is there any convenient way for me to set Nutscrape so that it doesn't update the page everytime I click the "back" button?? That would solve the problem of disappearing "new" messages, and also make browsing these forums a lot quicker.

 

[jflis]

Ray,

I doubt that there is as I beleive it is not under the control of Netscape. If I recall how this forum code works, when you go to any particular page (either by linking to it or using a back/forward button) what happens is a *request* is sent to the code and the page is generated. There is no cache of the old page as the "html" doesn't actually exist

over-simplified, but I think that's basically it.

It would be interesting to see if there would be a way to log into the forum and have it take a "snapshot" of the entire forum that is good while you navigate then lost when you leave. That would probably be doable within the constraints of the code.

 

[Milo]

Jim,

Not quite right when dealing with IE (6 anyway) When I hit the back button I get a page from the cache. It doesn't go back to the server to retrieve the page.

After posting this I can go to my history and select the Search Results page and it will appear just as I have left it before I came here to post.

If it was going back to the server this post would then appear in the Search Post page, which it doesn't if I use the back button. If I use the View New Post link then it will refresh.

As for Netscape.... no clue how to turn that off.

 

[rstaff3]

I often hit the back button to get to the list of 'missing' posts. In case there was a 2nd (or 3rd etc.) page of posts that I may never even have looked at, I can then use the on-page links to see them too. IE for sure and I'm pretty sure Mozilla does this also. I just started with the latter, so I can't be sure of this.

 

[astrowolf67]

I don't know if it works in Netscape or not, but in IE, you can right click on the topic, open in a new window, read the thread, then close the window, without losing the list of new posts.

 

[DynaSoar]

Originally posted by Ray Dunakin
Is there any convenient way for me to set Nutscrape so that it doesn't update the page everytime I click the "back" button?? That would solve the problem of disappearing "new" messages, and also make browsing these forums a lot quicker.

Just a guess here -- open other stuff in a new window? Seems the first wouldn't update because you wouldn't be reloading it.

 

[jflis]

Originally posted by astrowolf67
I don't know if it works in Netscape or not, but in IE, you can right click on the topic, open in a new window, read the thread, then close the window, without losing the list of new posts.

I do something similar where I will right click (netscape) and open in a new window all of the forums with new threads, so you can do this with netscape.

 

[Ray Dunakin]

Anyone know how to "open in a new window" when clicking on a topic, while using a Mac?? "Right-clicking" isn't an option -- there's only one button on a Mac mouse.

 

[Ray Dunakin]

Originally posted by Ray Dunakin
Anyone know how to "open in a new window" when clicking on a topic, while using a Mac?? "Right-clicking" isn't an option -- there's only one button on a Mac mouse.

Never mind, I figured it out: Command-click. (Duh!)

 

[daveyfire]

Netscape and Firefox (the latter of which I use) also have Tabbed Browsing features, kinda like having many windows open all in the same window. Nifty if I do say so myself; I often use it to navigate TRF while looking at EMRR, ROL Auctions, TQC, and various other sites all at once. Instead of shift+click or right click --> open in new window..., the command to open a new tab (at least in Firefox, I think in Netscape as well) is Ctrl+Click or right click --> open in new tab. Also, instead of Ctrl+N for new window, new tabs are Ctrl+T.

If this makes sense it will be a miracle. I'm going to bed now.