Is there a cross-browser onload event when clicking the back button?

Question

For all major browsers (except IE), the JavaScript onload event doesn’t fire when the page loads as a result of a back button operation — it only fires when the

Answer 1

If I remember rightly, then adding an unload() event means that page cannot be cached (in forward/backward cache) - because it's state changes/may change when user navigates away. So - it is not safe to restore the last-second state of the page when returning to it by navigating through history object.