[thelist] preserve state when manipulating the DOM

[Ivo P]

hello all,

I have created some nifty UI by manipulating the DOM of a page. I like
it because I've offloaded the entire UI onto the browser and just use
the backend server to query for information.

How do you folks go about preserving the UI state in case a user hits
refresh? or backward then forward?

My first attempt was to notify the backend using XmlHttpRequest of UI
changes but maybe there is an easier way to maintain all this on the
client.

Thanks,

Ivo