Why do websites do this?

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I go into Google to find X topic great Y many sites YA! I go to one read it and it back but it just refreshes the current page and DOES NOT take me back to Google why? (I HATE THIS because then you have GO RETYPE your Google search ALL OVER AGAIN IT'S FRUSTRATING!! !!)

I never noticed that, but I automatically open stuff in a new tab from the google search results page. makes life easier.

I've also wondered why that is. Weird and very annoying.

Have you tried clicking the small symbol next to the back button -- the one that gives the drop-down menu? I've found that if I click on that and then use it to back up by 2 steps it breaks out of the loop.

It seems like the page one step back reloads the current one, so you have the skip back 2. As to why, I have no idea...

If you right-click the Green 'back' button, you'll get a listing of the last places you've visited, and just select one. That'll take you to where you're going. You can open a 2nd session by clicking on the 'divide' symbol, to the right of your open session, and do whatever you like from there.

Oh yeah, I hate that, I'd love to know what causes it. Do people do it on purpose, like as a clever trap to keep you on their page? XD;;; I hope not, because in that case it does the opposite of what it's supposed to...

And in firefox you can middle-click on these links to open them in new tabs.

YES!! ! The exact problem happened to me yesterday. I was googling around and digged some info and wanted to go back but couldnt!! ! I thought the same as you why the heck are they doing that because its extremely annoying indeed!! !

So thanks for bringing this problem up so we got some nice replies on how to get around this disturbing problem!

I want to say one word to you, just one word: tabs.

Henriksson, do you mind extending that description a bit further than one word, please

In most internet browsers (internet browsers that are worth a crap, anyway) there's a nifty function called 'tabs'. Just right-click and press 'Open Tab' or hold Ctrl while pressing a link, and voila! Just take it away when finished reading. No websites annoying you anymore.

Enough words?

Hej Henriksson, Tack för beskrivning! Hur mår du idag, bra? Jag såg en video med dig på YouTube idag. Varför inte göra en ny video med din katt?

Tjena.


Beskrivingen. Varsågod.


Jag mår bara bra, tack. Själv då?


Ah, vilken då?


Kanske folk inte skulle finna det särskilt intressant... >_<

Anyway, this thread is massively off-topic.

Yeah, sorry for beeing off topic....LOL but that was hilarious!

Henriksson, see further reply here --> http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt106207.html

Last edited by xalepax on 26 Aug 2009, 9:11 am, edited 1 time in total.

I got some update notifications for Windows XP and read through what it says for Internet Explorer 8 and I quote

It made me laugh. I feel very uncomfortable using IE7, and more happier with Firefox....

Yea, it's anoying, but the little down arrow next to the forward button gives a list of the most recent pages in that tab, so I can just go back to the search results from that list.