[Closed] why isn't the back button working?

Still happening-Chrom on Android and Win7 Laptop. Tried clearing cache/cookies logging in-out etc. No joy.

And I thought it was my new Android phone so it's good to know it's not just me. It started me reaching back towards the old iPhone ...

Well done whoever fixed it. Now why did it take you so long? 🙂

yes looking good for me again, bloody annoying when it doesn't work.. hit back, hit it again, hit it several times in annoyance and end up back at google... bugger

not fixed on Firefox on W7 🙁

People still click on back buttons?

<swooshes with 2 fingers on trackpad to go back to previous page>

There isn't a trackpad on my Nexus 7...

[quote=stilltortoise ]People still click on back buttons?
<swooshes with 2 fingers on trackpad to go back to previous page>

<middle click> <CTRL-W>

People still click on back buttons?

Well, I usually just use backspace. Or Alt and the arrow keys if I'm forwards as well. Or, the two dedicated buttons on this laptop. World's your mollusc, really.

There isn't a trackpad on my Nexus 7...

The entire screen is a trackpad.

Well I must be a flid then cos I can't use two fingers to swoosh anywhere here. I am however right now using them for a more conventional communication function.... 😛

TurnerGuy - Member

not fixed on Firefox on W7

Still not working for me

Well, I usually just use backspace

Backspace not working on Firefox on W7... 🙁

boblo I think it must ne something wrong your end as your finger gestures still aren't coming through.

There you go, how's that? 😀
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Working now

Still happening for me.

It started about two weeks ago on desktop PC, laptop, and Android phone. All running Firefox. This is the only website that the fault occurs on.

Chaps, the YTS webmaster has obviously been fiddling again. The back button issue fixed a couple of weeks ago is back. Had a release by any chance? Android BTW. There's also the new issue of the page 'flicking' as it's being loaded. It seems to fully load and just as you pick an element, the page content jumps up a couple of lines so you pick the wrong element. Does this make sense?

Still wrong on Firefox.

Funny, as a developer I am embarrassed by bugs in my code and want to fix it asap. Obviously web developers don't think like this...

I suppose Firefox only has about 14% of the market, so not a priority.

boblo - Member
Chaps, the YTS webmaster has obviously been fiddling again. The back button issue fixed a couple of weeks ago is back. Had a release by any chance? Android BTW. There's also the new issue of the page 'flicking' as it's being loaded. It seems to fully load and just as you pick an element, the page content jumps up a couple of lines so you pick the wrong element. Does this make sense?

Exactly the same happening for me. Chrome on OSX 10.10

Its usually advert related so I suppose they are at the mercy of the poor code embedded in the adverts. Ashy, have you got ads turned off?

Not working for me (Firefox 30.0.3 on Windows 8.1). Really frustrating when you google something and it gives a result on STW, find it isn't what you want and then want to go back to your google results. On the plus side it does give me a nostalgic feeling that I've fallen in to a time warp of 1990s web site design.

Edit: Firefox has just updated itself to 33.1 and it doesn't work on that either.

If you click and hold the back button it should show all of you back options. Usually the page has loaded then reloaded a few times hence one back press not doing anything

But Nick, that is just a work around for shonky code. This is the only site I use where the back button doesn't go...back page by page. The other sites also carry 3rd party ads...

If you click and hold the back button it should show all of you back options.

Indeed, and that's what I did. But it's not what I should have to do. As boblo says, the back button should take you back

Assuming it's a rogue advert, all you [P]remium users can switch them off in the site's [url= http://singletrackworld.com/premier/account/ ]Account settings[/url] you know.

Anyone done that and still seeing an issue?

Playing up for me again as well. Chrome on android.
And as boblo says,the page is jumping/flicking.
But I never knew about holding the back button down and it showing all the pages,so i have learnt something new today.

Cougar, presumably advertisers pay to advertise and if they provide the code, it's tested before being released into the wild? Assuming they're paying, it's logical they'd prefer not to piss everyone off in the process ... Blaming 3rd parties is a bit daft though really (but something I reserved the privilege of in my day job 🙂 )

Back button is working tonight for the first time in weeks.

Windows 7 Firefox.

I hope it stays

Windows 7, Firefox. Brand new laptop, all updated and running tikkety boo. except for this site, back button still screwed. I'm not a premium user but was thinking about asking Santa for a subscription. TBH, if premium users have the same problem I'll not bother.

Good to see you boys put in the effort today and fixed this. Oh, hang on a minute... :-/

Stopped working again for me today.

not working for me either and hasn't for weeks on any computer I use.

It worked for a short while for me but been broken again for about a week. Home and work windows 7 PC's with Firefox.

IMHO - it's a problem with Firefox + STW

I can confirm its a problem with the adverts and Firefox. If I disable them it works ok. Turn them on and my back button is fubarred.

Is it the back button not working or the ads reloading the page several times? If you hold the back button it should give a list of the last pages. If it is the current page several times then it is the reload issue rather than the back button itself. ie you are going back, just back to the same page several times until you actually go back.

Workaround: Don't click Back in anger.

Where is the back button?

Just to the left of the Forward button.

Still not working but i notice if you click back before the ads load it works fine.

Back button still not working for me, Macbook Pro browsing with Firefox. Not worked for a while. Fine on the iPad.

Just googled this thread, the back button doesn't work using either the mouse or firefox back button....its only doing it on STW 😉

when do we get our back button back?

Pawsy_Bear - Member

when do we get our back button back?

Nobody is listening

wasn't going to post here, but as I'm unable to leave the page...