99830 - back button doesnt work

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 103978

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)

Description

[shuzeelo]

After browsing a few message boards on this website, the back button refuses to
function anymore on this site.

Comment 1

[Ashley Bischoff (blog at handcoding.com)]

Confirming with 2001091403 on Win2k. No non-fixed dupes found, but dupe suspected.

-> History: Session

Reporter: In the future, please use the Bugzilla Helper to report bugs:
http://www.mozilla.org/quality/help/bug-form.html
(among other things, it automagically adds your BuildID)

Comment 2

[Jonathan Baron]

This may be related to bug 88684.  I don't know.
I have been having the same problem for some time on various
builds for Linux.  It is still there in 0.9.4.  It happens
in www.cnn.com.  It happens in my.netscape.com, but only after
I read a story or check a stock quote.  That is, if I just go
to my.netscape.com, I can use the back button to get out of it.
If I read a story, I can use the back button to get out of the
story, but then I cannot use it to get out of my.netscape.com.
This applies to alt-back-arrow, and the back button at the top
left, and the drop-down menu from Go, BUT, it does not apply to
to the menu that I get from the tiny button under the back
button in the classic skin.  Then I can select the place I want
to go back to from the drop-down list, and that works.

Comment 3

[js]

Under 0.9.3 for Linux, the back button stayed permanently unavailable (grayed
out) regardless of browsing activity. I upgraded to 0.9.4 with the same results.
I installed Netscape 6.1 with the same results.

Finally, I deleted the ".mozilla" directory in the user's home directory, and
the back button seems to work correctly.

Comment 4

[NilsE]

*** Bug 101477 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[NilsE]

*** Bug 100985 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Kyle Saunders]

confirmed with www.cnn.com, Build ID 2001100803, Windows 2000

Comment 7

[Michael Lee Yohe]

Confirmed with www.quotegallery.com, Build ID 2001091712, Linux.

Comment 8

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

over to default owner. 

Comment 9

[Noah]

I am seeing what appears to be this bug as of 0.9.5 (2001101201 Linux)
on www.cnn.com.  It did not happen with 0.9.4.  Open a new browser
window, go to www.cnn.com, and click on any link (for example, the 
"MAIN PAGE" link at the top of the left-hand column that takes you to 
the same page you're on).  The "back" button on Mozilla becomes grayed
out and unresponsive and alt-LeftArrow no longer goes back in the
browser window's history.  If I visit other sites and follow links
for a while, the "back" button re-enables itself, but forgets about 
cnn and one or two other pages.

Comment 10

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

The problem with cnn.com  (with similar description) hasbeen described in
103978. I would like specific steps to reproduce any problem with
http://www.emuforums.com/. marking this dupe of 103978. 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 103978 ***

Comment 11

[Arnoud Berendsen]

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