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Problem going back one page

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curiousgrump
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Query arises on primarily news websites, when I click a story from the home page and then try to return by clicking the 'Go backwards one page button'. If you right click this button, you see the news story page has been generated several times, so just clicking said button once doesn't work. You can of course see the home page in the list and click that, but it's an annoying hassle. Can some please explain why this happens and if there's anyway round it with Settings or Add On! I guess it's something to do with the news page loading several separate articles/photos, so may be outside of my control but worth a shot. Thanks in advance

Query arises on primarily news websites, when I click a story from the home page and then try to return by clicking the 'Go backwards one page button'. If you right click this button, you see the news story page has been generated several times, so just clicking said button once doesn't work. You can of course see the home page in the list and click that, but it's an annoying hassle. Can some please explain why this happens and if there's anyway round it with Settings or Add On! I guess it's something to do with the news page loading several separate articles/photos, so may be outside of my control but worth a shot. Thanks in advance

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WestEnd
WestEnd
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Maybe the site doesn't permit that action. I seen this happen on sites and it's something the site controls not the browser.

FredMcD
FredMcD
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I get around this by; When I find a link I want to check out, I open it in a new tab/window. Then when I am done, I close it and am back where I started.