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It does not hijack it. OP simply contains bbc.co.uk link, which gets redirected to bbc.com, so when you press "back" you get back to the bbc.co.uk link and imme
by fuoqi 6y ago
It does not hijack it. OP simply contains bbc.co.uk link, which gets redirected to bbc.com, so when you press "back" you get back to the bbc.co.uk link and immediately get redirected back to bbc.com. By pressing the button twice fast enough you will get back to HN.
- jlokier 6y agoFwiw, in the UK it doesn't get redirected to bbc.com, and "back" works fine.
- smnrchrds 6y agoAnd probably all the devs are in the UK, so "it works on their computer".
- Thorrez 6y agoBBC should be doing a 302 (or 301 if you assume people never change countries) redirect. Then the there would be no back button problems. Currently they're serving a page via a 200, then doing a Javascript redirect.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y ago> By pressing the button twice fast enough Or right-click it like a normal person does (yes, that excludes Mac users, they aren't normal)
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- tinus_hn 6y agoIf you use a normal redirect using http headers this doesn’t happen, only if you use javascript redirect. It’s not rocket science.