>I've been able to essentially disable the back button on IE6 by
expiring the cache. I would like to do the same for the browser
that runs on pocketPC. I believe it is IE4. However this technique
doesn't seem to work. Anyone know how I might try to keep the
back button from showing previous pages of this application?
You're not going to like this answer, but I'll give it anyway ;-)
Disabling the back button is one of the most unfriendly things you can
do to a user. It is the second most common navigational aid on the web
(after the hyperlink) and if you disable it, people will hate your site.
They will still click the back button and see the error message. This
will either annoy them enough to make them go elsewhere (remember, the
next site is only one click away), or they will refresh the page,
causing another postback. This could have side-effects that you don't
want.
This isn't my opinion, it's the opinion of many web experts and
usability experts. Feel free to ignore it, but you will drive a lot of
people away from your site.
HTH
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Alan Silver
(anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)