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Re: Another NIT about the article page.
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Fri, 16 Oct 1998 22:17:19 GMT
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"Chris Barnes" <chris@barnes.net> writes:

Scenario,

Navigate a newsgroup several steps down.
http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.general:300-320

select an article.
http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.general:209

Follow the thread navigation through to the logical conclusion.
http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.general:235

Now the question.  How do you get back to where you started.
http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.general:300-320

I often seem to find myself 5 or 6 clicks away from my originating point.  Or
I have to remember the article range I was in and key it manually.  I could
probably suggest several unworkable solutions to this but I am hoping someone
would have a suggestion that has merit.

The solution is very simple:  Click your browser's Back button 6 times --
or use the Alt/Cmd-Left-Arrow key 6 times.

The Back button is almost always the best way to go back in a non-framed web
site.  Sites that have "back" links and "return to x" links on web pages
really mess up navigation and undermine the elegant stack-based design of
the browser.

--Todd



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  Re: Another NIT about the article page.
 
(...) Agreed. Except in certain circumstances. For example, many sites built around forms and CGI scripts can get confused by reuse of already posted forms. Including this one, in the sense that if I posted this article, got a confirmation, and (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Another NIT about the article page.
 
Todd Lehman writes: [snip] (...) A few (many?) browsers these days have a pull down menu that lets you go back multiple times in a single operation. The ones I've seen use the title but the title when browsing here appears to be invariably the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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Scenario, Navigate a newsgroup several steps down. (URL) an article. (URL) the thread navigation through to the logical conclusion. (URL) the question. How do you get back to where you started. (URL) often seem to find myself 5 or 6 clicks away (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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