Moving forward from "try it yourself" page

Question

After selecting the "try it yourself" from the very first HTML lesson, I click "run" and after displaying the HTML, it just sits there looking at me. There is no back button or any button whatsoever that takes me forward or backwards. The browser "Back" button just takes me back to where I was. This is EXTREMELY frustrating. Either this is a very bad page design (for an HTML course, no less) or I am missing something. Assuming the latter, if someone could tell me what it is, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Answer 1

If you're on browser you need to close the tab. Code always opens up in a new tab.

Answer 2

If you're using PC, try pressing browser back button 2-3 times very quickly.

Answer 3

Thanks Ignas, but the back-button isn't even enabled now!!!!! (just tried it with Microsoft edge). So now we have a browser-specific back-button? Apparently whoever designed\developed this page for the HML course, should have taken it first.. somewhere else... Like I'm gonna do. We truly do get what we pay for. Pluralsight - or Udemy - here I come!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

I did a test with Microsoft Edge. After pressing "Try It Yourself" button, it opens up another browser tab and loads up Code Playground. I can freely press the run button, see the output and I can close Code Playground browser tab whenever I want. It works the same with Chrome.

Answer 5

Thanks for letting me know, Ignas! :) FYI, that's a really bad design. There was no indication that I was now on a new tab. It looked like the content on the SAME page was being replaced. Just out of curiosity I asked 7 other people in the office to try it. Five of them thought they were stuck on the same page, instead of on a new tab, and they could go back to the original one. The best - and expected - practice is to open links in new windows/tabs only if the user is going to a new site, and a couple of other scenarios. Thanks again!