Re: Too much clicks

[Thomas Wood <thos gnome org>]

james wrote:

> Thomas Wood wrote:
>
> > On 14 Jun 2005, at 8:47 am, james wrote:
> >
> > > > Yes, I agree. I had been wondering whether to implement (2) but 
> > > > wasn't sure of the javascript but perhaps (1) is a better option. 
> > > > The only reason I hadn't done it this way in the first place was 
> > > > that it is too easy for someone to press refresh on their browser 
> > > > and submit the data again. So the "Continue" button means they no 
> > > > longer have POST data associated with that page. Do you think this 
> > > > should be a concern? It is a problem when people refresh after 
> > > > submitting comments because the comment ends up being posted twice. 
> > > > In most of the other places though, I don't think it is as critical.
> > > >
> > > > -Thomas
> > > Just generate the same continue page as before (for incompabitable 
> > > browsers sake) and add header("Location: 
> > > http://art.gnome.org/newpage.php";); to the top.
> >
> > Just wondering... Since the browser is re-directed would this mean 
> > the post data would no longer be associated with the page? If so this 
> > would be ideal!
> >
> > -Thomas
> I think post data would be lost.  :)
>
> James

So I think we should do this on all post forms where we don't need (or 
want) the post data after the form is sent. This could solve the comment 
twice problem.

James, would this be relatively easy to implement with your login 
notification ("You need to be logged in") pages?

-Thomas