I absolutely hate it when I click the ‘Back’ button but it loads the same page again, can I stop sites from doing this to my browser (ie5.5)?
um its supposed to do that unless you mean cached versions which you can go to tools internet options then deletefiles section to settings and then check always check for newer version of webpage ,
or they have webtraps that keep you there you can always click the small arrow pointing downwards and go to a page before the current one (puts out a small list of pages you recently visited)
or just open new windows for links on pages which you can ctrl+W if its a crap page
There’s is a little down arrow next to your back button. Click it and you’ll get a list of the nine previous pages you visited. Click the one you want and it should take you there with no problem.
What causes this is that the page you went to automatically redirected you to another page. Clicking on “Back” takes you back one page – to the redirecting page.
Take utility’s advice and use the drop-down list.
This is caused by a javascript script (!) in the page. The best way to avoid it is to disable javascript entirely. Doing it will help avoid this and a lot of other irritations (like pop-up windows) but there is a price, some web pages require javascript be enabled in order to do even basic operations.
On my own system, I keep it disabled at all times. When I go to a page that requires it, I have to make a choice whether what they offer justifies the trouble. If it does, I selectively enable it for that particular page.
To do this in IE, go to Tools->Internet Options->Security Tab bar->Custom Level->Disable Active scripting.
WOW! I had never noticed that before. That’ll come in handy. The way I usually get around Mangetout’s problem is to click the “Back” button twice very quickly.
I don’t think it’s always just because a redirect has occurred, clicking ‘back’ twice rapidly doesn’t seem to do it in most cases, I even had one the other day that wouldn’t let me click the down arrow by the back button, it was like this:
The first site I visit is fark.com and I click on a link for crud.com (not the real name, I can’t remember that)
The crud.com page opens in the same window
I think to myself “this is crud” and click ‘back’
The crud.com page loads up again
I click the down arrow next to the ‘back’ button, but there’s only one entry there, and it’s crud.com.
What operating system? Look in control panel for ‘internet options’ they have settings that control what you see, like reuse same window, or make a new window. depends on your operating system. Also check IE options or preferences.
Or try Netscape 6 you can use it along with IE or both at the same time.
Those are not intended to be solutions only other things to look around for just for kicks.
Really, you should open each web site in a new window, you can have many windows open at the same time, thus, each website has its own window & wont effect the other websites.
>> What causes this is that the page you went to automatically redirected you to another page
That’s exactly what happens when you use the search function of this site. You get a page saying “we’re looking for your crap” and then you get the results “we found nothing you looser”. I click back twice fast so I can search over again. Note that the backspace will also take you back.
Hey! Hey! I would like to say the redirect problem is not typically caused by JavaScript. What the webpage probably has is an HTML <Meta> tag set to redirect after a certain number of seconds. If this number is set to 0, there’s a good chance you won’t be able to get back by double-clicking on the Back button. Furthermore, however, I don’t believe that disabling scripting will disable the <Meta> tags. It annoys me too; in designing webpages, I’ve often wished there was a way (that I knew of) of redirecting a browser without adding the current page to your history. Interestingly enough, the closest thing I could find to a redirection in JavaScript is the Location.replace() function. This function does not cause you to get into an infinite loop of back-clicking. If web designers weren’t so worried about people disabling scripting, this might be the standard way to do it.
Right click on a link, select ‘copy link location’ paste this into notepad, if its a java script link, you can see that right way. If its a regular URL, you can see that too.
META Redirect is also possible.
The Javascript code may not be indicated in the URL, but may be included in the page source.
If you tend to do this (as I often do), you might want to try the NetCaptor browser. It opens new pages as tabs within the same window. Keeps the screen nice and tidy.
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