CHAPTER 9Enabling Back Buttons in AJAX
One of the major complaints from users of AJAX applications, and therefore a major issue for AJAX programmers, is the lack of support for standard behavior of the back and forward buttons of the web browser. Since AJAX applications don’t load new pages for each request generated by the user, the back and forward browser buttons often appear to be broken unless additional code is written. This chapter focuses on making AJAX applications behave just like all other web applications with respect to these buttons. It presents an easy-to-use history-tracking library available for download from www.OraclePress.com.
The items covered in this chapter are
Adding a cross-browser history-tracking element to an application ...
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