[WEB4LIB] Erratic Bounce Back - for lack of better terminology

[Dan Lester]

Hello rhutchin,

Tuesday, April 04, 2000, 10:30:46 AM, you wrote:

rmmo> On other long pages when you leave and return via the back button you will be
rmmo> returned to the top or near the top of the page you left from.

rmmo> Does anyone have an answer to why this happens and, more importantly, is there
rmmo> anything one can add to a web page that will cause this erratic
rmmo> bounce back not to happen.  I have looked very closely at the html for pages
rmmo> that do not have erratic bounce back and can find nothing in the
rmmo> code that looks unusual.

I've not made a full study of this, but have noticed in some cases it
appears to be related to anchors within a page.  Generally if you're
at an anchor in the middle of a page, it will return to it.  If not,
it'll return you to the top.

If there are other factors, I don't know what they might be.

dan