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And they somehow make the Back button on my browser hit their homepage.
by joegahona 6y ago
And they somehow make the Back button on my browser hit their homepage.
- littlecranky67 6y agoIt is called url history hijacking and a common "dark pattern". There are event websites which will block you to ever coming back to where you started (i.e. when navigating away from hacker news). Thats the issue with modern web apis: Browsers add them with good intent to allow for modern web apps and improve UX, and advertisers abuse it to cripple UX but bring up "engagement" with the website.
- technofiend 6y agoThat is annoying. You can right click the back button of your browser to select the proper history entry and go back to where you came from.