Suppose I browse a message board, and on page 3 I select a posting and then reply to it. Now I want to navigate back to page 3 to continue browsing.
Do I click Back several times to go back through my composition page and the posting page before returning to page 3? This is what I am doing, but it is awful slow with dialup and makes me think I’m doing it wrong.
Other links I see take me back to page 1 of the board or to other places.
I must be missing something pretty obvious…
You can [Ctrl]C what is in the address bar before submitting you reply and then paste it back after it is posted.
That may not be right because it is page 1 anyway, sorry.
I see two solutions. First, in most browsers, there’s a way to go back multiple pages at once. In recent versions of Netscape, this is accomplished by either holding the “back” button down until a menu of recent sites appears, or by clicking on the little down-arrow next to the back button, which will summon the same menu. I believe it’s similar in IE and other browsers.
Secondly, when you’re clicking your quote link, you could open that link in a new window or tab. This is accomplished by right-clicking on the link and selecting “open in new window” or “open in new tab”. On a Mac, if you have a 1-button mouse, you can hold the mouse button down on the link until the menu shows up. Then, when you’re done with the new window, just close it, and your old window will still be there waiting for you.
Or - use the pulldown menu at the bottom of the page (after submit) to return to the forum you started out in. Find the thread you were reading. It should have links like this “(1 2 3)” next to the title, if there are multiple pages - click the link for the page you were on. Two mouse clicks - I think that’s fairly reasonable.
And backing up from the page after submit is a bad idea anyway - you could easily end up with a double post just by backing into the “Thank you for posting” page and waiting just a LITTLE to long - Wham! auto-forward again.
Dani