In Internet Explorer, the <meta> tag can be used to smooth the transition from one page to another and return to the previous one. Usually, when switching between pages in the browser, the current page suddenly disappears and a new one appears in its place. However, using the following two metatags, you can make the page change more smoothly: <meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Fade(duration=.5)">