ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO SEND A FORM AGAIN?
This is extremely annoying. I have the box unchecked for "ask before sending a non-secure form from a secure web site" and the confirmation window still constantly pops up when I merely try to refresh/reload a page. People have been complaining about this since 2005 and there is still no way that I can find to turn the annoying confirmation off.
I am experiencing this annoyance while logged into a correspondence chess web site. I am not trying to buy or sell anything when this happens. I am not putting credit card information into a form. All I am trying to do is refresh/reload the web page so that I can see updated information about how many games require me to make my next move. I really don't need the aggravation when I am trying to play chess with people around the world as a way to relax and get my mind off work.
Apple needs to give users the option -- an effective option -- to turn this annoying confirmation OFF. Since it may be advisable not to have this irritant turned off universally, why not allow -- or, for security reasons, require -- the user to turn it off for one web site at a time. Since Safari keeps track of web sites and their unique login information for other purposes, it should be possible to allow/require users to turn this confirmation off site-by-site. For added protection, Safari can require an Administrator password for each and every such site, display a big red warning each time it is turned off, issue a special warning/confirmation if there appears to be credit card information on the page being refreshed/reloaded, and make the option difficult to locate so that only those who make an affirmative effort to learn how to do it can do it. Surely Apple can treat at least some of us like mature adults who can make informed decisions, on a site-by-site basis, to turn this annoyance off.
As I mentioned above, people have been asking about this since 2005 to no avail. Apple appears to "archive" every thread that gets started on this subject almost as soon as the question is posed. It would be nice if Apple would finally get around to addressing this issue in order to give Safari users an improved experience consistent with the Apple philosophy that technology should be fun to use. Come on, guys! Let me play chess in peace.
I am experiencing this annoyance while logged into a correspondence chess web site. I am not trying to buy or sell anything when this happens. I am not putting credit card information into a form. All I am trying to do is refresh/reload the web page so that I can see updated information about how many games require me to make my next move. I really don't need the aggravation when I am trying to play chess with people around the world as a way to relax and get my mind off work.
Apple needs to give users the option -- an effective option -- to turn this annoying confirmation OFF. Since it may be advisable not to have this irritant turned off universally, why not allow -- or, for security reasons, require -- the user to turn it off for one web site at a time. Since Safari keeps track of web sites and their unique login information for other purposes, it should be possible to allow/require users to turn this confirmation off site-by-site. For added protection, Safari can require an Administrator password for each and every such site, display a big red warning each time it is turned off, issue a special warning/confirmation if there appears to be credit card information on the page being refreshed/reloaded, and make the option difficult to locate so that only those who make an affirmative effort to learn how to do it can do it. Surely Apple can treat at least some of us like mature adults who can make informed decisions, on a site-by-site basis, to turn this annoyance off.
As I mentioned above, people have been asking about this since 2005 to no avail. Apple appears to "archive" every thread that gets started on this subject almost as soon as the question is posed. It would be nice if Apple would finally get around to addressing this issue in order to give Safari users an improved experience consistent with the Apple philosophy that technology should be fun to use. Come on, guys! Let me play chess in peace.
Mac OS X (10.5.6)
