Safari 6 loses ability to "go back" to previous pages

I just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion and presumably to Safari 6.0 as well.
Under Snow Leopard and Safari 5.X it seemed that there were certain web pages that used to "pop up" in a new screen which I could then close and have my previous screen stil there. Now, under Mountain Lion/Safari 6, that doesn't happen at all and, even worse, the back button for new screens "goes dim" and I cannot go back to my previous screen/page after I'm in a new page (only some websites). I literally have to go back and start Safari 6.0 all over again (unless I go into History menu).
I've tried all sorts of settings adjustments but it appears that some functionality has been lost in the upgrade.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any suggestions?

Try troubleshooting the Safari .plist (preferences)
Quit Safari. Now open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type this exactly as you see it here:
~/Library/Preferences
Click Go
Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Desktop.
Relaunch Safari. If that made a difference, move the .plist file to the Trash. If not, move it back to the Preferences folder.
If that didn't help, one more time, Go > Go to Folder
Type this: ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db.
Click Go
Move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
Quit then relaunch Safari to test.

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