[FX.php List] [OFF] Those Whacky End Users

[Glenn Singleton]

Webko,

On a smaller system is there any benefit in using cookies over post
variables ?

Also, how do you kill the web browser caching (cross platform) ?

Thanks
Glenn 

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[mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Tim 'Webko' Booth
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>
>
> On the other hand, when orders are to be taken, users are motivated to 
> finish the process and get the reassuring "Order Confirmed" page.
> I doubt that many online order systems (Amazon, ebay, any airline,
> etc) writes the record before the sale is complete.  Perhaps I am 
> wrong about that.

Having just reverse engineered some eBay and Amazon like functions for a
system, there is no way they are writing stuff out for every page.  
It's all kept in cookies and session variables until the checkout process.

And yes, having written any number of surveys and allowing for users, I'd
also recommend writing everything to the database whenever you can
- also allows for people to part-complete and return later to finish, which
a lot of people appreciate on long or complex surveys.

I also kill caching on some projects (not the php caching, the web
browser) so they get a warning when using the back button and have to
refresh (writes the data again, but it's the same data) - seems to provide a
level of resistance to encourage them to use the navigation on the pages...

YMMV

Webko
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