Back button doesn't work due to multiple history entries for the current page. How can I fix this problem?
This problem started February 2015. I have noticed it mostly while searching ebay. When I hit the back button it did not work. I right clicked the back button and found at least 2 and sometimes up to a dozen duplicate history entries for the current page I am on, meaning I would have to click the back button a dozen times to get to the previous page. I am using Firefox 35.0.1 on a Vista computer. I have not found any fix for the problem after searching the internet for hours. I have seen similar issues with people using IE and some say the duplicate entries are caused by banner ads but still no one has provided a good answer or fix for the problem. Please help.
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You may click directly on any of the listed items from the right-click dropdown list. So as long as you can identify which link you need select that from a maze of banner adds should be possible. No need to cycle through all the intermediates.
Thank you for the reply. I understand and I have been doing that (selecting the previous page from the dropdown list) but I want to know why these extra entries show up in the first place and how to stop them.
What you can also do is; when there is a link you want to check out, open it in a new tab or window. Once you are done at that page, close it.
I will leave further answers to users of ebay. Script or adblockers may ease the problem.
- Try this add-on search blocker (Windows)