[WEB4LIB] going "back" from sites

[Michael Sauers]

> I would like to know why with some web pages or sites, when you
> click on the browser's "back" button, it will not let you go back
> and you are forever stuck in this web site or page.  I am reduced
> to clicking the "home" button and starting over.

There are several reasons this can happen but it is most often caused by
instant redirects. You click on a link that sends you to a URL that
immediately sends you on to another for any of many various "reasons". Then,
when you click back, you go to the URL that instantly sends you to the new
one again, endless loop.

There are several solutions to getting over this problem that are less
dramatic than going home and starting over. Depending on IE or Netscape you
can use the GO menu, hold down your back button or the down arrow next to it
to get a list of recent pages or use the history. Any of these methods will
allow you to skip back over the offending URL.

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'matches' to my key word. That's like saying, 'Good news, we've located
the product you're looking for. It's on Earth.'"
--W. Bruce Cameron

Opinions expressed are my own unless otherwise noted.
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