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Maybe this is common, but I just noticed it - I scrolled down a bit on the website, and suddenly it took 5 or 6 Back button clicks to come back here. Each mini-
by yesenadam 6y ago
Maybe this is common, but I just noticed it - I scrolled down a bit on the website, and suddenly it took 5 or 6 Back button clicks to come back here. Each mini-article loads a new URL.. Looks like you're on the same page but seems like you're not. There's something I really don't like about that! If you went right to the bottom, if there is one, it might take dozens of Back clicks to get off the page. Which effectively disables your back button.
I've seen bottomless pages on sites, but they don't usually load a bunch of URLs like that in your history, do they?
- _def 6y agoI wanted to read the article but couldn't, because they forced some unrelated video up in there which steals my attention completely
- ComputerGuru 6y agoAnd breaks scrolling because it overlays on top of the text.
- feross 6y agoThis is the history.pushState() API in action. I use it on https://theannoyingsite.com https://theannoyingsite.com to fill the history with entries to effectively disable the back button. Also, this one is a gem: window.addEventListener('popstate', () => { window.history.forward() }) Source code here: https://github.com/feross/TheAnnoyingSite.com/blob/master/static/index.js https://github.com/feross/TheAnnoyingSite.com/blob/master/st...
- Shared404 6y agoI don't know if I hate this or love it.
- fphhotchips 6y agoI loved it. I feel like I should get bonus points for killing the DVD bouncing cat by hitting the exit button as it moved around rather than just using Alt-F4...
- Shared404 6y agoI cheated for most of the things like that. I have tiling turned on in my DE, I didn't even realize that things were supposed to be moving until I was almost done.
- vardump 6y agoDamn. That site truly is annoying. It downloads files, does bing searches with... not so nice search terms, etc. Don't click it!
- yesenadam 6y agoI watched a vid of your The Most Annoying Website talk a while ago. I'm not sure which of the many versions it was: https://www.google.com/search?q=annoying+site+feross&tbm=vid https://www.google.com/search?q=annoying+site+feross&tbm=vid Highly recommended! It's very funny, and safer than actually visiting the site, by the sound of it.
- hetspookjee 6y agoHa, I really appreciate the music choice! Ziad - Elektronik Supersonik for anyone who's wondering.
- enriquto 6y agoAh, the pleasures of browsing the web without javascript! For us, it is a regular article that loads instantly (no cookie warnings nor ads) and does not play tricks with the back button.
- speedgoose 6y agoHowever you have to debug 75% of the websites you visit to enable back javascript.
- sildur 6y agoNo, not really. They look uglier, but load way faster. They have to keep being indexable so they have to play nice.
- enriquto 6y agoExactly. The vast majority of sites that store text and simple images are perfectly readable without javascript, and the experience is much, much better. In some rare cases, the site does not load at all, and I do not bother to switch javascript on, unless I am really interested in that particular site. Being a fan of the default browser styles I contend your observation that "bare" sites look uglier. In fact, having a consistent visual style across sites becomes rather agreeable, instead of allowing each site to set up its style.
- sildur 6y agoWell, I too really like the default browser styles. But the problem is that, with JavaScript disabled, a lot of things that would be hidden by Javascript (like menus and things like that) now appear all cluttered at once. That is what I meant by uglier.
- throwaway8941 6y ago>Which effectively disables your back button. Press the right mouse button on it when you have this problem.
- coronadisaster 6y agoNot sure if it's because of my settings but the back button works as expected on Firefox mobile even after scrolling all the way down in the article.