tazman — Sun, 13 May 2001 04:34:37 +0000

I appreciate the feedback. I figured that I was S.O.L.
on being able to access/edit the history object.

I had heard that using the document.url.replace method prevents logging to the history object, but I could not find a method to utilize that with form posts to cgi.

preserving state

Suzanne — Sun, 13 May 2001 03:29:48 +0000

If you arrange it so the user's information is preserved, and your interface is logical and helpful, they won't need the browser back button. Detox's suggestion of creating a custom back button could be programmed specifically to carry the user's information back to various pieces of the program, ensuring no lost data and no upset customers.

Suzanne

detox — Sun, 13 May 2001 01:16:11 +0000

you could hard code in you pages a back button, with a value of javascript:history.back(3) - or however many pages you need to go back to skip the cgi.
You cant code into the browsers back button, so you'll have to take steps with regards to that.