At 20:38 14/03/2002 +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: >>> I type www.mistake.com into my browsers Location field. Oops, I >>> didn't want to go there. >>> I see the wwwoffle "WWWOFFLE Request Recorded" page. I select "cancel". >>> I hit the back key, I see the "WWWOFFLE Request Recorded". I hit the > >Ju> Try now select "cancel" again. You should see error message saying that >Ju> there is not such request to delete - that is what you want! If you hit >Ju> "Back" key your browser only displays the previous page, not requests >Ju> it again. > >With netscape 4 however, we get >- Y - N - Y - N - Y - N > >indeed, with both lynx and netscape, I never see the "there is no such >request to delete" > >Anyways, netscape users cannot expect to 'back out' without stepping >on the land mine again, unless the jump two steps at once.
Here is the solution I use. Instead of clicking "cancel", right-click it and use "Open in New Window". Once canceled, close the new window. -- Marc
