RE: What do I use?

From: Walden H. Leverich

This works perfectly - if the user uses the back button (or indeed,

attempts

to go back multiple screens), their existing page is simply refreshed.

And now you've written a web-app that behaves like a 5250 app. In a
well-designed web app the back button should work like, um, the back
button! If you're web-ifying an existing app, fine, but it's no way to
create a new app.

Oh dog-poop.

Sequential screens are perfectly valid in just about any application. There
are times when you need things to be done in a specific order, whether it's
authorizing a credit card bill or verifying a bank transfer.

Sure, MOST of the time it's nice to be able to use the back button. But
there are situations where you need to disable it, and the fact that
browsers make this difficult is just another example of how browser
designers don't understand how business applications work.

Joe