Go Back... just don't try it in IE 5.0

Thanks to Brian Nash for tipping me off to an incredible bug that has yet tobe fixed in Internet Explorer 5.0: I haven't seen this myself, but Microsofthas officially acknowledged a bug in IE 5.0 that makes the Back and Forwardbuttons unavailable

Paul Thurrott

May 31, 1999

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Thanks to Brian Nash for tipping me off to an incredible bug that has yet tobe fixed in Internet Explorer 5.0: I haven't seen this myself, but Microsofthas officially acknowledged a bug in IE 5.0 that makes the Back and Forwardbuttons unavailable "after viewing various Web sites." The current "fix" isto use the History bar to return to a Web page you previously visited. Andno, I'm not kidding.

If you want to read more about this--and frankly there isn't much more tosay--check out this incredible Knowledge Base article

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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