Hi Mary, You're welcome. I really appreciate the podcast where this fix was explained. It was an AppleVis podcast. Unfortunately, I don't remember who did it, but I'm so glad he did because it works.
Best, Anna > On Oct 20, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Anna, > I really appreciate you posting about this simple fix for the back button > problem in Safari. I am a heavy user of Safari on my iPhone in particular, > and one of the things that had kept me from even considering upgrading was > this issue. Touching the bar in Safari seems like a very simple fix that > takes no time at all. Not to say that they should not fix the problem, but > this looks like a no-brainer. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Oct 20, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Woody Anna Dresner <wadres...@att.net> wrote: >> >> Hi Arnold and all, >> >> there was a great podcast with a workaround for this issue. If you touch the >> top of the screen, the address bar in Safari, the problem goes away. It >> works in iOS 8. I haven't updated yet so don't know for sure that it will >> still work, but I think it probably will. >> >> Best, >> Anna >> >> >> >>> On Oct 20, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Arnold Schmidt <arno...@mindspring.com> wrote: >>> >>> I am still running 7.1.2, so I can't test my theory. When I listened to a >>> podcast demonstration of this back button issue, I wondered if the >>> following might work. When you hit the back button and the resulting page >>> is not readable, I understand that it is a VoiceOver issue, it is readable >>> on the screen. So, what happens if you turn VoiceOver off, then back on. >>> Is it readable? Or, what happens if you close Safari without closing the >>> unreadable page, then reopen Safari. It should open on the page that >>> VoiceOver wouldn't read. Is it readable now? I admit that either of these >>> solutions are way more trouble than they should be, but if it makes it >>> readable, until they fix it, maybe it is the only way. >>> >>> Arnold Schmidt >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Jim Fettgather >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 2:13 PM >>>> Subject: IOS 8.1: Safari and the Back Button >>>> >>>> This problem still persists in IOS 8.1, where pressing the back button >>>> while on a web page results in a page displayed that is simply not >>>> navigable. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone >>>> list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you >>>> have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you >>>> feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >>>> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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