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Slashdot is breaking the browsers back button now, seriously? HN should not allow urls that do this to be posted.

by isatty 5y ago

justinsaccount 5y ago
Open links in new tabs to avoid this "problem" entirely. Right click or long press the back button to go back more than one step at a time. If you still have issues complain to your browser vendor, not HN or slashdot.
- isatty 5y ago
  I can also restart my phone or buy a new one to avoid this problem entirely. I guess I’ll do that.
  - anaganisk 5y ago
    You know, if your browser is allowing for its back button to be hijacked, its right to blame browser rather than, people who use its API. What next block websites that track locations, send notifications? If your phone needs a restart, to close a website. I think you have bigger problems with that phone.
  - binarybanana 5y ago
    I recommend PinePhone.
jffry 5y ago
I was able to click on the link, and click back to return to these comments, in both FF and Chrome. What behavior are you seeing that's different?
- isatty 5y ago
  I’m guessing you’ve ublock origin or similar on those browsers thats mitigating it. It’s broken on safari (iOS).
  - jffry 5y ago
    I tried again with brand new, blank profiles in Chrome and Firefox (default settings, no extensions) and still can't make it hijack the back button.
- iforgetti 5y ago
  On iPhone Safari, after clicking the article link, I cannot navigate back to HN using the back button.
- oasisbob 5y ago
  It's using whatever library stuffs an extra page in your history, "More stories to check out before you go!" in a blue banner at the top of the page. (iOS chrome)
  - Igelau 5y ago
    I dub this pattern the "chum blast"
- gpm 5y ago
  I was unable to go back on mobile Firefox. Going back would instantly redirect me back forwards. Edit: Tested on desktop firefox, and it works fine there.
- bombela 5y ago
  Firefox Android, it fills the back history in a loop. With a long press on the back button though I can then jump over the looping page. Back to HN.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    > With a long press... TIL. Sigh... Fucking un-discoverable phone UI shit.
MilnerRoute 5y ago
From the official Hacker News Guidelines: "Please don't complain about website formatting, back-button breakage, and similar annoyances. They're too common to be interesting." UPDATE: Right now 43% of the comments on this story are about the site's back-button behavior. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- Igelau 5y ago
  That's a stupid rule. I'm glad for the warning, because now I know not to click it. Formatting is one thing, and I and see why griping about that is boring. "Caution Dark Patterns Ahead" is a useful warning.
- omnicognate 5y ago
  Yeah, but this article is about SCO v IBM settling. The last quiet dying gasps of things that entertained and educated us 15-20 years ago and we barely realised still existed are kind of on-topic. Now I wonder what happened to kuro5hin.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    > what happened to kuro5hin Still around last I checked, a year or three ago.

Slashdot is breaking the browsers back button now, seriously? HN should not allow urls that do this to be posted.

by isatty 5y ago

Slashdot is breaking the browsers back button now, seriously? HN should not allow urls that do this to be posted.

Open links in new tabs to avoid this "problem" entirely. Right click or long press the back button to go back more than one step at a time. If you still have issues complain to your browser vendor, not HN or slashdot.

isatty 5y ago
I can also restart my phone or buy a new one to avoid this problem entirely. I guess I’ll do that.
- anaganisk 5y ago
  You know, if your browser is allowing for its back button to be hijacked, its right to blame browser rather than, people who use its API. What next block websites that track locations, send notifications? If your phone needs a restart, to close a website. I think you have bigger problems with that phone.
- binarybanana 5y ago
  I recommend PinePhone.

jffry 5y ago

I was able to click on the link, and click back to return to these comments, in both FF and Chrome. What behavior are you seeing that's different?

isatty 5y ago
I’m guessing you’ve ublock origin or similar on those browsers thats mitigating it. It’s broken on safari (iOS).
- jffry 5y ago
  I tried again with brand new, blank profiles in Chrome and Firefox (default settings, no extensions) and still can't make it hijack the back button.
iforgetti 5y ago
On iPhone Safari, after clicking the article link, I cannot navigate back to HN using the back button.
oasisbob 5y ago
It's using whatever library stuffs an extra page in your history, "More stories to check out before you go!" in a blue banner at the top of the page. (iOS chrome)
- Igelau 5y ago
  I dub this pattern the "chum blast"
gpm 5y ago
I was unable to go back on mobile Firefox. Going back would instantly redirect me back forwards. Edit: Tested on desktop firefox, and it works fine there.
bombela 5y ago
Firefox Android, it fills the back history in a loop. With a long press on the back button though I can then jump over the looping page. Back to HN.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  > With a long press... TIL. Sigh... Fucking un-discoverable phone UI shit.

MilnerRoute 5y ago

From the official Hacker News Guidelines: "Please don't complain about website formatting, back-button breakage, and similar annoyances. They're too common to be interesting." UPDATE: Right now 43% of the comments on this story are about the site's back-button behavior. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Igelau 5y ago
That's a stupid rule. I'm glad for the warning, because now I know not to click it. Formatting is one thing, and I and see why griping about that is boring. "Caution Dark Patterns Ahead" is a useful warning.
omnicognate 5y ago
Yeah, but this article is about SCO v IBM settling. The last quiet dying gasps of things that entertained and educated us 15-20 years ago and we barely realised still existed are kind of on-topic. Now I wonder what happened to kuro5hin.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  > what happened to kuro5hin Still around last I checked, a year or three ago.