I had a problem with getting a web application working on IE8 correctly.  I have a workflow type application, and when I would pass two particular pages in the workflow, I would lose the ability to go back and forth in browser history.  The buttons would just gray out.  I tried a bunch of different things and searched the internet all to no avail.  I did notice however that the 2 pages where it would get corrupted were very large, as I had many forms on them with a massive hidden variable that I just plugged into each form.  So, I used jquery to copy the massive parameter to where I need it on submit, instead of in every form and now the page is MUCH smaller.  This has solved my problem!

So, if you are losing your mind because IE is losing your browser navigation buttons, try reducing the size of your page and see if that won’t help you too.

Eric

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