Comment by fuzzy2
4 years ago
> When you back nav, you are seeing the response to a GET request to /reply?id=BLAH
With the text you previously entered, which the browser restored. If it did not for you, you have non-standard settings like disabled caching. I can assure you that it behaves the same on Firefox for Linux, Windows, macOS and Safari on iOS: go back, form content is restored.
In fact, the entire internet is full of people trying to get rid of this behavior.
I don't have non-standard browser settings. I watched the form submit in the debugger. It responds with a 302 to the GET request.