[racket-dev] [racket] Exploratory programming?

Under windows 7 premium home, this does show up with internet explorer but
not with firefox.
Jos 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev-bounces at racket-lang.org 
> [mailto:dev-bounces at racket-lang.org] On Behalf Of Matthias Felleisen
> Sent: 02 December 2010 04:21
> To: Eli Barzilay
> Cc: lukejordan at gmail.com; 'dev'
> Subject: Re: [racket-dev] [racket] Exploratory programming?
> 
> 
> In Safari this error doesn't show up. 
> 
> On Dec 1, 2010, at 9:52 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> 
> > Four hours ago, engineer at alum.mit.edu wrote:
> >> 
> >> 2.  Search Manuals breaks the browser's Back button.  
> Here's a simple 
> >> example.
> >> a. Open http://docs.racket-lang.org/
> >> b. Type "modulus" in the "search manuals" box and hit Enter c. No 
> >> matches found, so change the highlighted text to "modulo"
> >> d. Click on one of the results
> >> e. Click the browser's back button
> >> f. I'm not "back" at the list of results
> >> 
> >> I have been very impressed with the level of documentation, but I 
> >> (and my students) have often found frustration in searching.
> > 
> > That's an issue with URLs and with how your browser decides to 
> > implement history navigation.  When you're done with (b), 
> you get to 
> > the search page with the query in the url "...?q=modulus".  You now 
> > change the string and follow a link, then go back -- to the 
> same url 
> > with the original query.  At this point, Chrome 
> reinitializes the page 
> > in a way that makes "modulus" re-appear in the input field, while 
> > FireFox preserves the state as you left it and will not do that.  I 
> > know how to make FF behave like Chrome, but that involves 
> > re-initializing the page, which means that using the back 
> button will 
> > be much more painful.
> > 
> > -- 
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