Safari 5.1 reloads page when using back button or gesture

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Safari 5.1 reloads page when using back button or gesture

Safari has the strange behavior of reloading pages "navigated to" using the back button or gesture. Most other browsers I've worked with pull from cache when using the back button. I don't think this behavior is compliant with standards - defacto as they may be.

An example of why this is wrong is the navigation of this forum. I just loaded Lion and need to use the forum for support. When navigating back from a particular post to the list of posts the page will reload. Needless to say several hundred posts have been entered since last looking at the list and I subsequently lose the context of what I read last. The list of posts from cache which I orginally looked at should be returned - not the latest updated one. Let me choose when to refresh a page from the cache.

I downloaded Google Chrome to compare behaviors. Chrome does not reload pages navigated to using the back button - it pulls the pages from cache.

I've looked at the configuration of Safari and see no options to configure this behavior.

Posted on Jul 23, 2011 3:29 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 24, 2011 12:11 PM in response to nsteblay

If you use a Magic Mouse or laptop Touchpad and use the single finger slide from right to left, it will not reload. In fact, I liked the fact that it did reload pages in the past and was actually googling for a way to set it up again that way. I guess I'll have to play with the mouse settings. If I can get it to truly emulate the "Back" functio it may do what I want.

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nsteblay Author

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Jul 24, 2011 12:43 PM in response to nsteblay

My experience is it does reload pages when using the Magic Mouse gesture. Either the back button or the Magic Mouse gesture reloads the page.

I can see how maybe some would prefer it.

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Answer 3

Aug 2, 2011 6:07 PM in response to nsteblay

Anybody got a solution for this yet?

It's extremely annoying - going back (via Delete, back button, or swiping) takes me to an old version of the page I was just on - typically 2-3 days old from the cache.

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Answer 4

Aug 9, 2011 7:34 AM in response to nsteblay

Same here. Driving me crazy.

Going back in Safari with magic mouse 1 finger swipe causes page to appear, then reload.

No Bueno.

Solutions yet?

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Answer 5

Aug 31, 2011 6:41 AM in response to Community User

I've just started getting this behaviour. It used to work quite well but now when ever I swipe back wards with the magic mouse it re-loads the page. yet another Lion bug ?

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Answer 6

Feb 18, 2012 8:29 AM in response to nsteblay

Switch from one finger swipe to two finger swipe

ok, since i do not have a trackpad, i used my magic mouse. I changed my swipe between pages from one finger to two and my pages no longer re-loaded. Changing that option back to one finger swipe then set my pages to re-load our setting are slightly differnt, but were looking for the same outcome. Lood for a "Swipe between pages option. Then look for a drop down triangle. now change your swipe left or right with two fingers to one. this should re-load your pages now ;-)

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cynikalX

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Nov 2, 2012 9:53 PM in response to nsteblay

Bump, has anyone figured out how to fix this yet?? It's been driving me nuts for months

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