diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 8abffebb4..c3a3b6a8b 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * @uses    libraries/common.lib.php        global fnctions
  * @uses    libraries/select_theme.lib.php  theme manager
  * @uses    libraries/relation.lib.php      table relations
+ * @uses    $_SESSION['window_name_hash']   to set it
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['strNoFrames']
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['cfg']['QueryHistoryDB']
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['user']
@@ -16,8 +17,6 @@
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['collation_connection']    from $_REQUEST (grab_globals.lib.php)
  *                                              or common.lib.php
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['available_languages'] from common.lib.php (select_lang.lib.php)
- * @uses    $GLOBALS['cookie_path']         from common.lib.php
- * @uses    $GLOBALS['is_https']            from common.lib.php
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['db']
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['charset']
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['lang']
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@
  * @uses    PMA_purgeHistory()
  * @uses    PMA_generate_common_url()
  * @uses    PMA_VERSION
- * @uses    setcookie()
  * @uses    session_write_close()
  * @uses    time()
  * @uses    getenv()
@@ -39,11 +37,6 @@
  */
 require_once('./libraries/common.lib.php');
 
-setcookie('pma_lang', $lang, time() + 60*60*24*30, $cookie_path, '', $is_https);
-if (isset($convcharset)) {
-    setcookie('pma_charset', $convcharset, time() + 60*60*24*30, $cookie_path, '', $is_https);
-}
-
 /**
  * Includes the ThemeManager if it hasn't been included yet
  */
@@ -56,24 +49,13 @@ $_SESSION['window_name_hash'] = time();
 // free the session file, for the other frames to be loaded
 session_write_close();
 
-/**
- * Saves collation_connection (coming from main.php) in a cookie
- */
-// (from grab_globals)
-// TODO: move into common.lib.php line #360
-if ( isset( $collation_connection ) ) {
-    setcookie( 'pma_collation_connection', $collation_connection,
-        time() + 60*60*24*30, $cookie_path, '', $is_https );
-}
-
-
 // Gets the host name
 // loic1 - 2001/25/11: use the new globals arrays defined with php 4.1+
 if (empty($HTTP_HOST)) {
     if (!empty($_ENV) && isset($_ENV['HTTP_HOST'])) {
         $HTTP_HOST = $_ENV['HTTP_HOST'];
     }
-    else if (@getenv('HTTP_HOST')) {
+    elseif (@getenv('HTTP_HOST')) {
         $HTTP_HOST = getenv('HTTP_HOST');
     }
     else {
@@ -87,42 +69,42 @@ $cfgRelation = PMA_getRelationsParam();
 if ( $GLOBALS['cfg']['QueryHistoryDB'] && $cfgRelation['historywork'] ) {
     PMA_purgeHistory( $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['user'] );
 }
+unset( $cfgRelation );
 
+
+/**
+ * pass variables to child pages
+ */
 $drops = array( 'lang', 'server', 'convcharset', 'collation_connection',
     'db', 'table' );
 
-$url_querys = array();
-// pass variables to child pages
-foreach( $_GET as $key => $val ) {
-    if ( ! in_array( $key, $drops ) ) {
-        $url_querys[] = urlencode( $key ) . '=' . urlencode( $val );
+foreach( $drops as $each_drop ) {
+    if ( ! array_key_exists( $each_drop, $_GET ) ) {
+        unset( $_GET[$each_drop] );
     }
 }
-unset( $drops );
-
-if ( count( $url_querys ) ) {
-    $url_query = implode( '&', $url_querys ) . '&';
-} else {
-    $url_query = '';
-}
-unset( $url_querys );
+unset( $drops, $each_drop );
 
 if ( empty( $GLOBALS['db'] ) ) {
-    $url_query .= PMA_generate_common_url();
     $main_target = $GLOBALS['cfg']['DefaultTabServer'];
 } elseif ( empty( $GLOBALS['table'] ) ) {
-    $url_query .= PMA_generate_common_url( $GLOBALS['db'] );
+    $_GET['db'] = $GLOBALS['db'];
     $main_target = $GLOBALS['cfg']['DefaultTabDatabase'];
 } else {
-    $url_query .= PMA_generate_common_url( $GLOBALS['db'], $GLOBALS['table'] );
+    $_GET['db'] = $GLOBALS['db'];
+    $_GET['table'] = $GLOBALS['table'];
     $main_target = $GLOBALS['cfg']['DefaultTabTable'];
 }
 
-if (!empty($GLOBALS['target']) && preg_match('@[a-z_]+\.php@', $GLOBALS['target']) && $GLOBALS['target'] != 'index.php') {
+$url_query = PMA_generate_common_url( $_GET );
+
+if ( ! empty( $GLOBALS['target'] )
+  && preg_match( '@[a-z_]+\.php@', $GLOBALS['target'] )
+  && $GLOBALS['target'] != 'index.php' ) {
     $main_target = $GLOBALS['target'];
 }
 
-$main_target .= '?' . $url_query;
+$main_target .= $url_query;
 
 $lang_iso_code = $GLOBALS['available_languages'][$GLOBALS['lang']][2];
 
@@ -139,11 +121,12 @@ header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=' . $GLOBALS['charset']);
 <head>
 <link rel="icon" href="./favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="./favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
-<title>phpMyAdmin <?php echo PMA_VERSION; ?> - <?php echo htmlspecialchars($HTTP_HOST); ?></title>
+<title>phpMyAdmin <?php echo PMA_VERSION; ?> -
+    <?php echo htmlspecialchars($HTTP_HOST); ?></title>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
     content="text/html; charset=<?php echo $GLOBALS['charset']; ?>" />
 <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
-//<![CDATA[
+// <![CDATA[
     // definitions used in querywindow.js
     var common_query = '<?php echo PMA_generate_common_url('','','&');?>';
     var opendb_url = '<?php echo $GLOBALS['cfg']['DefaultTabDatabase']; ?>';
@@ -156,14 +139,14 @@ header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=' . $GLOBALS['charset']);
     var table = '<?php echo $GLOBALS['table']; ?>';
     var db    = '<?php echo $GLOBALS['db']; ?>';
     var pma_absolute_uri = '<?php echo $GLOBALS['cfg']['PmaAbsoluteUri']; ?>';
-//]]>
+// ]]>
+</script>
+<script src="./js/querywindow.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
 </script>
-<script src="./js/querywindow.js" type="text/javascript"
-    language="javascript"></script>
 </head>
 <frameset cols="<?php echo $GLOBALS['cfg']['LeftWidth']; ?>,*" rows="*" id="mainFrameset">
     <frame frameborder="0" id="leftFrame"
-        src="left.php?<?php echo $url_query; ?>"
+        src="left.php<?php echo $url_query; ?>"
         name="nav<?php echo $_SESSION['window_name_hash']; ?>" />
     <frame frameborder="0" id="rightFrame"
         src="<?php echo $main_target; ?>"