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08-17-2012, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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Back button doesn't work , often
When browsing I often find the bck button doesn't work. If I click on a link no problem so I doubt its the mouse. Why would links work but the back button not work? Any magic settings to adjust.
OH , BTW , it happens very often but not all the time. Lets say over 50% of the time no back bottun functionality.
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Saltheart
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08-17-2012, 01:22 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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What O/S and What Browser are you using?
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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08-17-2012, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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maybe you spilled some food on your keyboard and it's just gunked up
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08-17-2012, 04:52 PM
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Location: Cumberland,RI
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Its win7 and IE9.
Please do not say to use firefox. Been there , done that many times over.
Its when I click using the mouse that it doesn't work (upper left hand corner blue arrows) .
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Saltheart
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08-17-2012, 05:51 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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To the right I think is an arrow that will do the recent history, use that and go back to where you want. Some sites make it so you can't just click back.
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08-20-2012, 04:05 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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Its not site specific. In fact sometimes I go back and forth on a site and then after working for several times , it starts not obeying the back button click.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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08-20-2012, 04:36 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: MA/RI
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I have the exact issues you described with the back button.
Try clicking the back button only once and waiting instead of continuously clicking like a mad man.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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08-20-2012, 07:37 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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Put the mouse on the back arrow, hold the left button down and the history should appear, scroll down to where you want to return to and let go of the button.
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Frasier: Niles, I’ve just had the most marvelous idea for a website! People will post their opinions, cheeky bon mots, and insights, and others will reply in kind!
Niles: You have met “people”, haven’t you?
Lets Go Darwin
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08-21-2012, 04:59 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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It looks like its a common problem out there. Seems to be related to the sites you are on. If a site is heavy with advertising hittin the back button is actually cycling through the sites the ads were downloaded from. You have to hit it a few times to get it to go to the actual previous page.
have't found a fix yet....but you are not alone.
Does the Internet Explorer 9 back button not work correctly for you? - Windows 7 Forums |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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08-23-2012, 09:37 AM
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Location: Cumberland,RI
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Not alone....Misery loves company. 
Good to know its not just me. At first I thought the mouse was going bad.
Oh well , that's life surfing the net. |
Saltheart
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08-26-2012, 12:05 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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or
you can open things in their own seperate window
that way you can close them from the task bar
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