# Why does the SDMB refresh when I click "back" all of a sudden? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 4, 2004, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-refresh-when-i-click-back-all-of-a-sudden/222624 "2004-01-04T08:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-refresh-when-i-click-back-all-of-a-sudden/222624/1 "2004-01-04T08:56:31Z")
In the past, when I surfed the SDMB, the forum page stayed the same when I clicked “back.” Now it automatically refreshes every time I return to the forum. I hate it! Can someone help me out? Why would this happen now? I’ve been reading the Straight Dope for years and this never happened. ---
**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-refresh-when-i-click-back-all-of-a-sudden/222624/2 "2004-01-04T22:35:22Z")
Thank you! That did the trick. I did that before but couldn’t remember where I saw it. It’s funny how such little things can be so annoying. ---
**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-refresh-when-i-click-back-all-of-a-sudden/222624/3 "2004-01-04T23:09:00Z")
Oops, I spoke too soon. The page refreshed. Do I have to restart my computer before the changes take effect? I have Windows 98, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-refresh-when-i-click-back-all-of-a-sudden/222624/4 "2004-01-05T20:56:01Z")
ya, thats happening to me as well… it doesn’t appear to be a browser thing. hmmm, maybe i will try again. ---
**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-refresh-when-i-click-back-all-of-a-sudden/222624/5 "2004-01-07T03:09:02Z")
Anyone have any advice? ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-refresh-when-i-click-back-all-of-a-sudden/222624/6 "2004-01-07T18:16:52Z")
I get a funny result when I hit Back. GQ refreshes to a date about 12/31, where the last question on the page concerned banding buckles (I’d give the date but now it’s refusing to do it). It’s been doing this intermittently since the date of that page. To get to the present, I have to hit Refresh. You’d think this would burden the hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-refresh-when-i-click-back-all-of-a-sudden/222624/7 "2004-01-07T18:45:59Z")
Just did it again. GQ comes up as of a moment on 12/30,and the URL shows as: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&forumid=3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&forumid=3) GQ comes up properly today with: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=3) So why are the hamsters inserting “s=&daysprune=&”? It comes between php? and forumid=3.