# Forum jumping question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jumping-question/100301>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 27, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jumping-question/100301 "2002-03-27T02:46:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jumping-question/100301/1 "2002-03-27T02:46:47Z")

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At home I use AOL 7.0 w/IE 5.5 (no comments, please). When I use the “Forum Jump” box, I have to hit the “Go” button to get to the desired forum. At work, I use AOL 6.0 and IE 5.0. When I do the same thing, I find that I don’t have to hit the “Go” button. The jump is automatic.  
What am I missing?

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jumping-question/100301/2 "2002-03-27T03:18:26Z")

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Well, it can’t be IE 5.5 'cause that’s what I’m using, and it jumps automatically, without clicking on Go.

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jumping-question/100301/3 "2002-03-27T03:20:09Z")

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Have you got javascript enabled?

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jumping-question/100301/4 "2002-03-27T03:20:37Z")

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…and my ISP is MSN.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jumping-question/100301/5 "2002-03-27T15:50:03Z")

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I’m going to ask other posters to chime in here with suggestions, because I’m inclined to just write it off as browser version vagaries. When people ask me “why does this browser behave differently that that browser for this web page?” I usually just :rolleyes: (I don’t know a lot about web page scripting, PHP, java, etc…) and say “If the IPU wanted all browsers to behave the same she would have created them that way.”

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jumping-question/100301/6 "2002-03-27T17:59:52Z")

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After some experimenting, I found it to be scripting-related. I usually have it turned off at home. Unfortunately, a couple of vital sites I use require that I turn it back on.

Thansk for the suggestion, Hawthorne 🙂