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The site hijacks your browser and won't let you go back. Hate it when sites do that is there anyway to prevent that kind of behavior? Thanks

by 14 5y ago

dsnr 5y ago
Hold the back button, and pick a page from the recent history.
nefitty 5y ago
I can't find any updates on the Chrome "fixes" for this. The best way to handle it is by long-pressing the back button to see a fuller history list. You can then hop to the page previous to the one that hijacked the button. It's infuriating to me as well.
forgotmypw17 5y ago
Browse with JS off. If a site doesn't work without it, leave. Poor design correlates with poor content. If you really want to read it, use a proxy site like archive or outline.
- codeisawesome 5y ago
  I love Safari's battery-life preserving ability, but I hate that it doesn't support a JavaScript Allow-list (you can only nuke JS across the web or have it always-on). uBlock Origin (my favourite and solely-trusted ad blocker) doesn't support recent Safari versions. Anyone know of any good options in this scenario? Either a trustworthy and working ad-blocker for Safari - or a battery preserving browser for the Mac with an extension set like Chromium/Firefox's...
  - forgotmypw17 5y ago
    I'm in the same boat with an older Firefox -- JavaScript is either on or off. I generally keep it off while browsing for information. When I'm doing local dev or working with trustworthy sites only, I turn it on. After a while, the process of toggling it is almost automatic, though it still takes a few clicks and typing. As I mentioned earlier, I've grown to avoid sites which tell me JS is required, and have found that it's mostly a good thing, because that type of design usually correlates with poor quality content, so they're really doing me a huge favor by denying me.
    - codeisawesome 5y ago
      Thanks for pointing this out to me! I went through the HN thread and their front page and the project looks extremely promising! I will wait for the project to be open sourced (as per their stated intention in their FAQ) just for that extra bit of peace of mind, and reluctantly suffer with Safari in the meanwhile.
  - arm 5y ago
    Orion likely meets your requirements: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799049 A WebKit-based browser for macOS with support for Firefox and Chrome extensions. I’ve been using it for the past month and uBlock Origin works perfectly! More info about the extension support here: https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#extensions https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#extensions

The site hijacks your browser and won't let you go back. Hate it when sites do that is there anyway to prevent that kind of behavior? Thanks

by 14 5y ago

The site hijacks your browser and won't let you go back. Hate it when sites do that is there anyway to prevent that kind of behavior? Thanks

dsnr 5y ago

Hold the back button, and pick a page from the recent history.

nefitty 5y ago

I can't find any updates on the Chrome "fixes" for this. The best way to handle it is by long-pressing the back button to see a fuller history list. You can then hop to the page previous to the one that hijacked the button. It's infuriating to me as well.

forgotmypw17 5y ago

Browse with JS off. If a site doesn't work without it, leave. Poor design correlates with poor content. If you really want to read it, use a proxy site like archive or outline.

codeisawesome 5y ago
I love Safari's battery-life preserving ability, but I hate that it doesn't support a JavaScript Allow-list (you can only nuke JS across the web or have it always-on). uBlock Origin (my favourite and solely-trusted ad blocker) doesn't support recent Safari versions. Anyone know of any good options in this scenario? Either a trustworthy and working ad-blocker for Safari - or a battery preserving browser for the Mac with an extension set like Chromium/Firefox's...
- forgotmypw17 5y ago
  I'm in the same boat with an older Firefox -- JavaScript is either on or off. I generally keep it off while browsing for information. When I'm doing local dev or working with trustworthy sites only, I turn it on. After a while, the process of toggling it is almost automatic, though it still takes a few clicks and typing. As I mentioned earlier, I've grown to avoid sites which tell me JS is required, and have found that it's mostly a good thing, because that type of design usually correlates with poor quality content, so they're really doing me a huge favor by denying me.
  - codeisawesome 5y ago
    Thanks for pointing this out to me! I went through the HN thread and their front page and the project looks extremely promising! I will wait for the project to be open sourced (as per their stated intention in their FAQ) just for that extra bit of peace of mind, and reluctantly suffer with Safari in the meanwhile.
- arm 5y ago
  Orion likely meets your requirements: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799049 A WebKit-based browser for macOS with support for Firefox and Chrome extensions. I’ve been using it for the past month and uBlock Origin works perfectly! More info about the extension support here: https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#extensions https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#extensions