Well, I can't resist this for an opening this morning: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum!
First, to those who helpfully suggested I use the "Back" button on my browser, I really am not that dumb, ha ha. However, mysteriously the back button for my browser (Safari) stealthily had disappeared from my browser tool bar. How or why this happened will remain forever unexplained. I only realized what had happened after seeing your responses, hence my inclusion of "Helpful" in your suggestions. I have now reinstalled it.
Second, to UncleBob and Nyll, you seem to have realized the point of my post, namely that the new Marketplace fails to include one of the easiest ways to encourage people to do more shopping by offering helpful buttons strategically placed within the pages themselves that say things like "Return to Shopping" or or other encouraging features. Using the Back button (when it is in your toolbar) of course is typical of the immediate gratification fixes for any dilemma that faces dedicated computer types, but it does not help to bring about improvement. I would say the "new" Marketplace is about as clumsy a website as one would have experienced maybe 10 - 15 years ago when online shopping first began to come into its own. I find this same clumsiness when using the Dashboard, where navigating to where you want to be is an experience equal to riding with Diversion Airlines. Well, who am I to expect anything up-to-date from LL? except for their concept of Second Life (not their execution of the concept.)
So, thanks to those who paid attention to my somewhat peculiar post. At least it hasn't been removed by the moderators. I think.
Becca