The back button is a ubiquitous control in browsers (and occasionally operating systems) for navigation back through previously visited pages. Typically when clicked it takes the user to the previous document in the browser's history.
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Do users understand the browser back button?
You hear a lot about not breaking the back button on websites, but can you assume that most users know and use the back button?
Is it redundant to add a JavaScript or HTML back button/link on a page?
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Is a 'back' button needed on a web form?
I am re-designing a multi-page web form that currently contains 'back' and 'continue' buttons.
I am wondering -- is the 'back' button necessary? If the user wants to go back, they will know to use ...
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Should touch-screen simple informational dialogs have an OK button?
I am developing an android application which has quite a few dialogs that just contain text and an 'OK' button. Pressing the 'OK' button loses the dialog, as does pressing the 'back' button on the ...
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Android back button - Global history back, or menu back?
On the Android, is the expected action of the back button to navigate backward through menus, or does it just go "back" to the previous screen you came from?
I don't have an Android device to sample ...
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Mobile App Back Button Placement
I am building a mobile application that uses a button to launch the navigation menu (much like the Path or Facebook interface). I also want to add a back button. The standard seems to be to place ...
