Up until about a week ago you could post a preview, check a link in it worked, click back to get to the preview and submit it if all was OK. It appears someone has decided to throw some expires now type headers into the response so you can't use back anymore (and as a result lose your post) I have not bothered to actually check that but it certainly behaves that way as of the last few days.

I would wonder that the avoidance of duplicate posts (if that was the logic) outweighs the utility of being able to check that links posted are valid before you commit a post. It is somewhat agravating to lose your posts if you forget you can't check links anymore.

cheers

tachyon

In reply to Who added the expires now headers to PM posts? by tachyon

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