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Why do some websites eternally not let you back to the previous page when clicking the back button?
by nomadiccoder 8y ago
Why do some websites eternally not let you back to the previous page when clicking the back button?
- OrgNet 8y agonot sure, but maybe they wanna see how long it takes you to long-click the back button...
- hannob 8y agoIt's a redirect. The link goes to the HTTP version of blogspot. This redirects you to HTTPS. If you click "back" you are back at the HTTP version, which will redirect you again. Yeah, browsers could be smarter about this.
- jorams 8y ago> Yeah, browsers could be smarter about this I'm not sure they could. If the http:// http:// URL would have responded with a redirect to https:// https://, the back button would have worked just fine. Instead it responds with a perfectly normal page that then does this: if (location.protocol == 'http:') location.protocol = 'https:'; Blogspot is such a mess, it's the perfect example of Google not necessarily being technically competent.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoYeah that should be a proper permanent redirect on a webserver level. Did Google make Blogspot themselves or did they buy it and never made it conform to normal web page practices?
- tsukurimashou 8y agoGoogle bought Blogger in 2003, Blogger was launched in 1999