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I've just noticed that Medium has also broken the back button (at least in Firefox for Linux). That's a pet peeve of mine, and it makes me angrier than most dar
by SwellJoe 9y ago
I've just noticed that Medium has also broken the back button (at least in Firefox for Linux). That's a pet peeve of mine, and it makes me angrier than most dark patterns because it's so damned pointless. Like, do you think I'm not going to leave because it takes multiple actions? Or that I'll be anything but less likely to return to a site that hijacks navigation for no reason?
I dunno. So common, and so nonsensical.
- strict9 9y agoMore often than not, it's just a bug. A side effect of the react/vuejs SPA world we live in. Fewer pageloads can be a good thing, but if not engineered properly, a much worse user experience than perceived faster loading. Using the History api correctly is trickier than most people think.
- SwellJoe 9y agoI guess I would buy that, and I've had my own (mostly lost) battles with the history API. I just expect better of a company like Medium. It's their thing, ya know? Being readable, clean, serious, non-intrusive. If Medium isn't that, they're just another random blogging platform.