# Back button not working on SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 11, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-button-not-working-on-sdmb/660710 "2013-06-11T08:54:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-button-not-working-on-sdmb/660710/1 "2013-06-11T08:54:43Z")
Is this just me or has anybody else noticed this? It works just fine on all other sites. In addition, the mouseover function doesn’t seem to work either. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-button-not-working-on-sdmb/660710/2 "2013-06-11T12:24:16Z")
> [@Ed Zotti](#): > > Rising board traffic (currently ~14M pageviews/mo) coupled with the increasing frequency of outages, error messages and other glitches has led the STM tech staff to conclude we’ve outgrown our current server capacity. We’re getting estimates and investigating alternatives and I expect we’ll upgrade once all the info is in. Till then we request your patience and apologize for any inconvenience. > **[Board performance problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=692185)** > > Rising board traffic (currently ~14M pageviews/mo) coupled with the increasing frequency of outages, error messages and other glitches has led the STM tech staff to conclude we’ve outgrown our current server capacity. We’re getting estimates and... They’re still working on fixing the server problem. Until that is corrected there will be all kinds of varying performance issues that will display in various ways. We apologize for your inconvenience and hope this resolves soon.