Re: resend: what is being resent

Mathias Koerber wrote:
> when reloading a page resulting from a query, FF sometimes asks that it
> has to resend the query data. It would be nice if there was an option
> where it showed exactly what info is being resent.


It is resending the query exactly as it was sent previously.

i.e. if you typed in "fuddle duddle", it will resend "fuddle duddle" 
plus whatever information the site requires - which may be your IP (so 
the page cans send the information back), your UserAgent (UA) string, 
perhaps the referal url, and any cookie or other information required by 
the site.

Not all sites will require all information to be resent, but it will not 
be any more than was originally sent when you requested the information 
in the first place.

The point is, that the 'page' you are looking at, say from the results 
of a search, doesn't really exist!  The information for the query was 
sent to your computer and put in place on the pre-formatted 'page', so 
you really can't go 'back' to it, because it isn't there!  If you want 
to go back, you have to resend the query, so the information can be 
resent to you.