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Quick jump back and forth between webpage positions

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csmozilla
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Hello fellow firefoxers,

I am looking for an add-on that can do this job. (I have no idea if there is a terminology for this feature)

A lot of times, when I'm browsing forums, I would want to go to certain part of the webpage to see a previous post and quickly come back to my current portion of the webpage. For example, when I am reading post #20, I want to check back at post #10 and up to see if anyone has mentioned the same topic before, and quickly come back to post #20. It can come very handy in many situations other than just forum browsing. For example, when i'm reading a press release of certain electronic devices, I want to go back to certain part of the webpage to check out the specs of the device again, and then quickly come back to where I left off and continue reading.

Especially for those long long webpages, it is extremely troublesome to re-locate where I left off after going to the top of the page just to see (maybe) the author of that article.

I remember seeing this feature somewhere before. Not necessarily in a browser, but maybe in a ebook reader, where you can go to certain page to check out something and quickly go back to where you left. This feature is like a simulation of the action that when you read a book, you put your thumb (or any finger) at certain pages, go to another page, and quickly go back to the original page using your thumb.

I would really appreciate if someone has any experience with this kind of add-on, if there is any. Thank you!

Hello fellow firefoxers, I am looking for an add-on that can do this job. (I have no idea if there is a terminology for this feature) A lot of times, when I'm browsing forums, I would want to go to certain part of the webpage to see a previous post and quickly come back to my current portion of the webpage. For example, when I am reading post #20, I want to check back at post #10 and up to see if anyone has mentioned the same topic before, and quickly come back to post #20. It can come very handy in many situations other than just forum browsing. For example, when i'm reading a press release of certain electronic devices, I want to go back to certain part of the webpage to check out the specs of the device again, and then quickly come back to where I left off and continue reading. Especially for those long long webpages, it is extremely troublesome to re-locate where I left off after going to the top of the page just to see (maybe) the author of that article. I remember seeing this feature somewhere before. Not necessarily in a browser, but maybe in a ebook reader, where you can go to certain page to check out something and quickly go back to where you left. This feature is like a simulation of the action that when you read a book, you put your thumb (or any finger) at certain pages, go to another page, and quickly go back to the original page using your thumb. I would really appreciate if someone has any experience with this kind of add-on, if there is any. Thank you!

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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I like this idea. Using a script, you can scroll to different parts of the page without a reload; the tricky part is providing a nice navigation tool appropriate to the particular site (e.g., the forum).

Or if the pages do not have a particular structure, it could be like Adobe Reader, which stores every navigation within the document and lets you go back to the previous position, whether it's page up, Ctrl+Home, etc. That seems like a lot of data to store, but since Firefox knows your scroll position, it seems possible, as long as dynamic elements of the page do not change height and throw off the position history.

No idea whether such an add-on exists...

cor-el
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Maybe:

csmozilla
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Thanks for your reply guys.

My ideal solution was this (I think it could be easier because FF doesn't have to record the position information all the time):

When I hold ctrl and change the position, it record the initial position. At the same time, I use scroll bar to change to the new location while holding the left button of the mouse. Upon releasing the mouse button, the webpage jumps back to the initial position. (ctrl is all the way held down during the process).

Do you guys think this is something achievable with an add on?

Thanks!