Re: resend: what is being resent

* Moz Champion (Dan) wrote, On 12/19/2008 11:27:
> 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.

This must be something quite new for I had never received this window 
until a few weeks ago, and now it's overly common.  Is there a method to 
avoid it and still have such sites open automatically.