button javascript works on IE but not firefox window.navigate()

Question

This works on IE8, but not firefox or opera. An

Answer 1

Google

• links want to be links
• links afford navigation, buttons afford actions. This is navigation
• depending on JS is a bad idea

… and "back" is a poor choice of link text. Either a link or your IE specific JS will take the user forward. It will add a URL to the end of the user's history. It won't activate the browser's Forward functionality.