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I just stumbled across this wonderful little trick, thanks to Scott.
Ever opened up a link in a new tab or a new window, then left it alone for a while? Come back to it in a couple hours, figure it’s interesting enough to blog about, then realize that you can’t remember just whose site pointed you to the link? It’s a minor annoyance, if you try to link back to your sources.
Here’s a bookmarklet to solve the problem: go to referrer. Drag that into your bookmarks, and choosing it will snap you back to whatever page sent you to the link, even in new tabs or windows. Very handy.
This sounds like the SnapBack button in Apple’s own browser Safari. Is it?