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Redesigning The "Back" Button

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the going-back-through-the-past dept.

TheMatt writes "Nature Science Update is reporting today about research by New Zealand scientists on redesigning how the "Back" button works in your browser. They point to the fact that the current "Back" is more of an "Up" in a stack of pages. They propose a system that records all pages visited. A good summary page of their efforts in web navigation (including a interesting thumbnail-style "Back" menu) can be found on their page."

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  1. Like my daddy always said .... by airrage · · Score: 1, Troll

    Like my daddy always said, "If you can't think of anything to intelligently post, post anyway." So here goes: with all the problems on the internet today the BACK button is like number 12,342,342,352,352,352,352,350,230,235,023,052,035 ,203 on the list of priorities. Number one being AOL CDs.

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  2. Re:already have it by Mr+Guy · · Score: 1, Troll

    The parent isn't a troll... he's right. I can't figure out from reading the article what exactly they want to change. Mozilla has a nice drop down list of where I've been, it goes back to the page I was at before. What exactly do they MEAN?

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