why use
<xp:link text="Recent" value="home.xsp?filter=all"></xp:link>
in stead of
<xp:link
text="Recent"
value="/home.xsp">
<xp:this.parameters>
<xp:parameter
name="filter"
value="all">
</xp:parameter>
</xp:this.parameters></xp:link>
(the first one does not work for Chrome)