scripting a back button

hargi · 18 Mar 2010 at 11:44

I have the following code

<a href="javascript: history.go(-1)">Back</a>

Which works but in IE i get the stupid shield and the
"To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer. click here for options.
> allow blocked content.

with out hard coding the links in is there a way of doing the history -1 with out getting the security warnings. This has to be run from a CD .

Dj_Jestar · 18 Mar 2010 at 12:08

Err, yeah.. let the user click their own back button?

Tripnologist · 18 Mar 2010 at 12:38

Not everyone is tech savvy enough to know about the browser back button. Sad I know but it's the truth and if you have a page which may not have navigation, there is nothing wrong with a back button.

This works fine for me without messages in IE.
javascript:history.back()

Pho · 18 Mar 2010 at 14:13

You'll get JavaScript errors when running from a local file (i.e. a folder on your Desktop or from a CD), when running from a webserver it's fine.

Could you not just build a list of links users can click on to go back to a specific page instead?

Dj_Jestar · 18 Mar 2010 at 14:15

If they are savvy enough to browse to your site, they are savvy enough to know what a back button is.

gord · 18 Mar 2010 at 14:55

Dj_Jestar said:
If they are savvy enough to browse to your site, they are savvy enough to know what a back button is.

But it's going on a CD. Who knows what he is demonstrating and to who..