Posted by Curt Zirzow on 12/04/05 21:56

On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 07:21:43PM -0500, Chris Shiflett wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> >When I begin session with session_start() PHP sets an Expired-header.
> >I suppose that's fine for the sake of unwanted caching.
> >
> >Unfortunately, Firefox seem to reload a page that's expired when using
> >the browser's "Back" navigation instead of showing the page as it was
> >as the user left it.
>
> You might find this article helpful:
>
> http://shiflett.org/articles/guru-speak-nov2004
>
> I don't really fault Firefox for abiding by the no-store directive, nor
> do I fault Internet Explorer for ignoring it.

iirc, Firefox 1.5 has improved its caching system, in paticular to the
back button drama.

Curt.
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