Dumb lazy IE question

[Bub, Andrew]

Hi! First time caller, long time listener. You guys are great... Here's my question:

When I do something like search on Amazon or something like that, IE doesn't remember the results if I click a link and then click the back button. I have to restart the search. This is annoying me to death. Is this a security feature? My laptop doesn't do this. So, how to fix?

I'll hang up the phone now and listen to your answer.

[chet]

Turn off reload on every page.

Tools - Internet Options - Temporary Files - Settings - Automatically or any other setting than every time.

Chet

[Chris Nahr]

No idea really, but if it's indeed a security issue you could try adding Amazon.com to your "Trusted Sites". That's Tools -> Internet Options -> Security, then select Trusted Sites, then click Sites, then add the site.

Of course if you were using NetCaptor (www.netcaptor.com) you'd have a dedicated menu entry to add the current site to the Trusted Sites collection. :wink:

[Bub, Andrew]

Turn off reload on every page.

Tools - Internet Options - Temporary Files - Settings - Automatically or any other setting than every time.


It's already set at "Automatically" though.
It only does this with Amazon, GameRankings, and Writer's Market. Google remembers what I was searching for. The weird thing is that I don't remember setting anything and my laptop, running the same software updates, doesn't do this.

[Robert Sharp]

I wonder if those sites have some sort of auto-refresh type feature. I don't mean literally, but something that accomplishes the same thing. many sites intentionally deny your browser the opportunity to "remember" things by forcing a reload of search pages, etc. That may be why such pages always have those "session expired" type errors.

Of course, I am just guessing now, based on the fact that you said only certain pages do this.

[Tyrion Lannister]

Use Mozilla.

It will then tell you that it has to repost the information, and will actually do it if you click yes.

No more nasty pop-ups too.

[Midnight Son]

Mozilla Firebird is the best, man. First, it doesn't have any IE security holes. You can block popups automatically. You can right-click on an ad on the fly and have it block future ads from that server. Let go the shackles of Billware!

[Kyle Wilson]

When I do something like search on Amazon or something like that, IE doesn't remember the results if I click a link and then click the back button. I have to restart the search.

You can just hit refresh on the page that fails to load. You don't have to actually re-type the search text.