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Whys does Version 28 not reload previous page on certain sites?

Andyd
Andyd
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With this latest version of Firefox (version 28.0) when I hit the back button on some sites (i.e. Reverbnation) the previous page is not reloaded. I must hit the back button once and do a page reload in order for the previous page to display. This seems to have been a problem in the past and is really a hassle! All I'm looking for is a good browser that works. I like Firefox and have been a firefox user for many many years and I would really hate to have to go back to IE.

With this latest version of Firefox (version 28.0) when I hit the back button on some sites (i.e. Reverbnation) the previous page is not reloaded. I must hit the back button once and do a page reload in order for the previous page to display. This seems to have been a problem in the past and is really a hassle! All I'm looking for is a good browser that works. I like Firefox and have been a firefox user for many many years and I would really hate to have to go back to IE.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Firefox is fairly aggressive about caching and this can lead to some glitches. Some users recently noticed the Google results page blanking out when they went Back to it if they have a high zoom level. Not sure the exact cause of this bug has been tracked down...

As a workaround, could you turn off the feature that tries to save time redrawing the page?

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste sess and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers preference and change the value from -1 to 0 (that's a zero).

(Please don't change any other similar-sounding settings to 0 or you may disable Firefox's ability to save/restore your open windows and tabs.)

Then reload the problem page. Hopefully after that you won't need to reload.

Does that make a difference?