Strange Issue re clicking Back Arrow for Previous web page

Hi Julie,
I didn't quite understand what the issue is that you are describing, but I want to suggest a slightly different process.  When you use the back button in your browser you are presented with the very same page as before, so that the thread you just read will still be flagged as NEW.

Try this instead: After reading the new posts in a thread, click the New Posts button.  This will regenerate the list of new posts, and the ones that you have read will no longer have the red NEW button on the left.

In some cases serious lags have been reported using a browser's back button; if you click it more than once you thinking it wasn't sensed, you could end up going back several pages.

Thanks for all your replies and suggestions.

Sepiana, you never cease to amaze me with, not only your depth of knowledge and experience re Photoshop/Elements etc, but also such a wide field, including the different browsers Unlike me, you must have a tremendous memory and skills to organise/find stuff you're less sure of (if there is anything, that is) My memory seems to be disappearing like granules in hot water Ha Ha Ha

I'll try refreshing Firefox but probably not until the weekend as I have rather a lot to do during the next couple of days and don't want my PC behaving any differently during that time

Tom, many thanks for your suggestion re clicking New Posts rather than using the Back Button. I'll try that and see how I go. Unfortunately, habits are hard to break and I've always used the Back Button since I started using computers The other alternative would be to right-click and click on the (previous) page I want to go back to.

Thanks, also, Major Major. In my experience, the 'normal' behaviour of the right click on the Back Button is, as you say, showing the list of the previous pages - plural. However, in this instance, the pages listed include a number of duplications of the page I want to leave. Hopefully, I'll be able to insert a photo here which will show you what I mean. ... and it is NOT normal behaviour



There are FOUR incidents of each of the pages I have just been to but I've only been to the page once, by clicking on the title of the thread.

Currently, it's not a huge issue and I am considering a fresh install of Windows 10 soon, which should sort it out, but I do like to find a reason for these 'strange' things when possible.

So, thanks again. I'll try different ways of going back to a previous page and then will try as per in the articles that Sepiana has linked

Craig, excellent point to highlight! Glad you brought it up. Resetting a browser will restore its default settings. So far, the only browser I have had to reset has been IE. I keep a list of the customizations I have made, for example, security settings, privacy settings, cookie handing, disabled/enabled add-ons, etc.  This helps putting everything back the way I like.

Yes, I definitely agree with you both, MM and Sepiana.

This is one of the reasons I've not reset Firefox and why I mentioned I might do it at the weekend, once I've got other important stuff out of the way, which I now have

However, if you save your profile into a different file then, if you don't like the reset etc, you can just replace your Profile file Fortunately, I don't use too much in the way of Addins and customisations (apart from getting the tabs below the Bookmarks etc). I wouldn't want to lose my Bookmarks though, which are, as far as I know, stored within the Profile folder too

I've just come on to PSE&M forum this evening, looked in on a thread then Right clicked to see how many instances of that page and found only the one!!! So, I wonder if yesterday was just a glitch or have I just started off lucky? Time will tell.

Having just done a clean, new install of Windows 10 on laptop (with Dell's help) and then I did the same to my little Linx 2 in 1 so my PC will be next on the agenda so will then probably have FF v57, now that I've tried ReminderFox in Thunderbird, as it isn't compatible with v57 and, it seems, never will be unless a helpful softie decides to write the necessary code etc.

Anyway, must go as busy again this evening. Many thanks for all your help and advice. You're all so brilliant
Julie

Fantastic tip, Major Major

I've never come across that before and not noticed it.  I've now backed up my Bookmarks and will try to import into Firefox 57 on my laptop.  That would be excellent if that transferred them over.

Many thanks
J