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Unrelated... but on the Washington Post I clicked through to the page that sells subscriptions, only to find that they hijack you back button and do not allow y

by 40four 7y ago

Unrelated... but on the Washington Post I clicked through to the page that sells subscriptions, only to find that they hijack you back button and do not allow you to go back in your browser history. What a joke. Makes me want to never visit their site again. That is unacceptable.

MisterTea 7y ago
The bigger joke is a web page can hijack your browser.
- 3xblah 7y ago
  This joke must be too highbrow because no one seems to get it. https://github.com/luruke/browser-2020 https://github.com/luruke/browser-2020
  - rs23296008n1 7y ago
    Wow. I didn't know even half that list. Excellent for usability and, unfortunately, more fingerprinting. I'm hoping all of these are covered by existing whitelisting/blacklisting.
  - satvikpendem 7y ago
    The browser becomes the VM for all apps.
  - gknoy 7y ago
    "Web coffee protocol" -- I'll admit, this one surprised me.
    - 40four 7y ago
      LOL you got me :p
  - deleted 7y ago
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jlmorton 7y ago
That wasn't my experience (on Firefox, at least). It just opened in a new tab. The only history in that tab is the subscription page, so the back button doesn't work.
vmchale 7y ago
It's so massively user-hostile. Why would I buy a subscription at a site like that?
munk-a 7y ago
I've seen history manipulation used really well to emulate page navigation on an SPA... which is why it's always disappointing to see it abused.
draw_down 7y ago
Come on