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Damn, why are TechCrunch hijacking the browsers back button behaviour? I had to close down my browser instance complete and then open a new one to come back to

by GEBBL 6y ago

Damn, why are TechCrunch hijacking the browsers back button behaviour? I had to close down my browser instance complete and then open a new one to come back to this thread. Awful.

bigp3t3 6y ago
I believe it changes the URL when you move on to the next article
- GEBBL 6y ago
  Hmm, it’s stopped happening for me now.
deleted 6y ago
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radoslawc 6y ago
If you scroll down below comments section URL changes to https://techcrunch.com/ https://techcrunch.com/ then if you press <- button in browser it changes to previous: https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/08/microsoft-surface-go-2-review/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/08/microsoft-surface-go-2-rev... If you do it 6 times you'll have to "go back" six times. Maybe not back button hijacking, but outcome's the same, and it's pretty annoying I admit.
matijs 6y ago
TechCrunch apparently force a 307 Temporary Redirect to some advertising.com domain first :/
postexitus 6y ago
another reason to use Firefox
- vimslayer 6y ago
  How's that? I'm using Firefox and seeing the same annoying back button behaviour.
  - notRobot 6y ago
    Try right-clicking on the back button.
    - zone411 6y ago
      You can also right-click to display previously viewed pages in Chrome.
nfoz 6y ago
I blame browsers for implementing such an obnoxious anti-feature.
- jablala 6y ago
  Humans don't kill people, guns do.
- eknkc 6y ago
  It is a great feature. Idiots doing this is at fault.
emilfihlman 6y ago
It's not directly an issue with TechCrunch but the lack of an api that does not push a history state OR pollute your history. Ie you can't change the visible URL without at least one of these happening (and it's infuriating)!
- fiskfiskfisk 6y ago
  Isn't that what the `History.replaceState()` method achieves? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History/replaceState https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History/rep...
  - emilfihlman 6y ago
    Nope, it will result in a history entry added to your history (even if nothing is added to the immediate backwards forwards history).
Chris2048 6y ago
TBH, Maybe HN should just avoid sites like TC, and stick to, say, https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/microsoft-surface-go-2 https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/microsoft-surface-go-2

by GEBBL 6y ago

Damn, why are TechCrunch hijacking the browsers back button behaviour? I had to close down my browser instance complete and then open a new one to come back to this thread. Awful.

bigp3t3 6y ago

I believe it changes the URL when you move on to the next article

GEBBL 6y ago
Hmm, it’s stopped happening for me now.

deleted 6y ago

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radoslawc 6y ago

If you scroll down below comments section URL changes to https://techcrunch.com/ https://techcrunch.com/ then if you press <- button in browser it changes to previous: https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/08/microsoft-surface-go-2-review/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/08/microsoft-surface-go-2-rev... If you do it 6 times you'll have to "go back" six times. Maybe not back button hijacking, but outcome's the same, and it's pretty annoying I admit.

matijs 6y ago

TechCrunch apparently force a 307 Temporary Redirect to some advertising.com domain first :/

postexitus 6y ago

another reason to use Firefox

vimslayer 6y ago
How's that? I'm using Firefox and seeing the same annoying back button behaviour.
- notRobot 6y ago
  Try right-clicking on the back button.
  - zone411 6y ago
    You can also right-click to display previously viewed pages in Chrome.

nfoz 6y ago

I blame browsers for implementing such an obnoxious anti-feature.

jablala 6y ago
Humans don't kill people, guns do.
eknkc 6y ago
It is a great feature. Idiots doing this is at fault.

emilfihlman 6y ago

It's not directly an issue with TechCrunch but the lack of an api that does not push a history state OR pollute your history. Ie you can't change the visible URL without at least one of these happening (and it's infuriating)!

fiskfiskfisk 6y ago
Isn't that what the `History.replaceState()` method achieves? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History/replaceState https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History/rep...
- emilfihlman 6y ago
  Nope, it will result in a history entry added to your history (even if nothing is added to the immediate backwards forwards history).

Chris2048 6y ago

TBH, Maybe HN should just avoid sites like TC, and stick to, say, https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/microsoft-surface-go-2 https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/microsoft-surface-go-2