[hobbit] Strange "problem" with refreshes

[Scott Wilson]

Yup, it seems to be a fundamental property of how Firefox handles 
refreshes.  If you refresh a SSL page, it bounces to the top.  A non-SSL 
page stays where it is.

I've tried it with other web pages, and they all function that way.


Scott Wilson                    Lead System Administrator
swilson at uchicago.edu            NSIT - DCS - SeaSol

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Josh Luthman wrote:

> So you're telling us that the only variable you changed was SSL and it
> worked perfectly?
>
> Very odd...
>
> On 10/26/07, Scott Wilson <swilson at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I found the answer.  It's pretty simple really...
>>
>> I was using SSL with my hobbit server.  With SSL'ed web pages, refreshes
>> force you back to the top of the page.  NonSSL'ed web pages (which I had
>> totally disabled) work fine.
>>
>> Now I just need to hack up the header files so the secure areas point to
>> SSL even when I'm looking at the nonSSL pages.  But as I already ran into
>> the header files while debugging this, that should be trivial.
>>
>> Thanks for the help!
>>
>>
>> Scott Wilson                    Lead System Administrator
>> swilson at uchicago.edu            NSIT - DCS - SeaSol
>>
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Josh Luthman wrote:
>>
>>> I am using this for an Apache server:
>>>
>>> Server version: Apache/2.2.3
>>> Server built:   Jun 26 2007 19:26:32
>>>
>>> Latest and greatest package from the default repo's.  Using CentOS 5
>> (which
>>> is RHEL based).
>>>
>>> I honestly have no idea how the page stays position.  It has to do
>> something
>>> along the lines of cache, but that is a client side thing so...my ideas
>> stop
>>> here =(
>>>
>>> Please let us know what you come up with.  I know I would like to know
>> the
>>> resolution to this.
>>>
>>> Josh
>>>
>>> On 10/26/07, Scott Wilson <swilson at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brilliant thought....
>>>>
>>>> The demo does maintain position exactly as I want.  So it definitely
>> isn't
>>>> hobbit in general.  My best guess now is it somehow lies in my Apache.
>>>> That's just RedHat's stock Apache 2.0.52, but it may be related to a
>>>> module (I shutoff the mods I wasn't using).... at least I have
>> something
>>>> to poke at now....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Scott Wilson                    Lead System Administrator
>>>> swilson at uchicago.edu            NSIT - DCS - SeaSol
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Josh Luthman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Troubleshooting technique!
>>>>>
>>>>> Use the Hobbitmon demo on the project page.  This was the only page
>> long
>>>>> enough (for me - 1680x1050 resolution) for me to scroll down and
>>>> maintain my
>>>>> position.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/services/services.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this maintain position for you, Scott?
>>>>>
>>>>> My client: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8)
>>>>> Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/26/07, Hobbit User <hobbit at epperson.homelinux.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, October 26, 2007 11:48, Scott Wilson wrote:
>>>>>>> What is the behavior for others?  Do others not get forced to the
>> top
>>>>>> upon
>>>>>>> refresh.  (Automatic or manual has the same behavior.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Firefox 1.5.0.12 on Centos EL5 maintains position on refresh.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Help-->About Firefox: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:
>>>> 1.8.0.12)
>>>>>> Gecko/20070719 CentOS/1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
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