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I'm not terribly interested in podcasts but I do love seeing what people create, so I gave it a click... and then couldn't back out to HN. Why is your site bac

I'm not terribly interested in podcasts but I do love seeing what people create, so I gave it a click... and then couldn't back out to HN. Why is your site back-button trapped?

rzzzt 4y ago
I'm seeing this kind of complaint so frequently, it made me wonder if there is a software solution for it. Can we build a better back button?
- zanethomas 4y ago
  Hold the back button down until you get a list, then choose.
  - rzzzt 4y ago
    Can the browser do this for me once it sees that a single button press sent me back to where I started? In AudioOne's case, it's /frontpage -> / -> /frontpage
- azdle 4y ago
  It seems to work just fine in Firefox (on android, bit I would assume that doesn't matter). I see the pre-redirect page in the list when I hold back, but a single tap of back brings be back to HN. I would imagine that it sees the `history.pushState()` or w/e without any interaction and knows that it's a dead state/page/(?).
- nonameking2026 4y ago
  Build back better ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngF2cpoxkQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngF2cpoxkQw
- JustSomeNobody 4y ago
  > Can we build a better back button? Yes, don't break it to begin with.
- pvg 4y ago
  There's a local non-technical solution in the site guidelines: Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—things like article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.
  - rzzzt 4y ago
    I'm interested in whether a technical solution exists for the problem -- just so one could point to the Gobblesmack Browser or the RealBack extension in Chrome store (names obviously made up) whenever this comes up. That would cut down on the complaints as well.
    - pvg 4y ago
      Right clicking on the back button and left clicking on the 'flag' link on the complaints covers both reasonably well, if imperfectly.
CWuestefeld 4y ago
Disrespect for the user. If your desire to keep me on your side is, to you, more important than my ability to navigate as I please, then you're the not the kind of service I'm interested in. While I'm commenting - your About page can't possibly pass accessibility guidelines for contrast ratios. It's very hard to read.
- tuxie_ 4y ago
  Come on man, it's just a faulty redirect that gets in the way. Fair feedback for the dev, sure, but no need to assume evil and disrespect.
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I'm not terribly interested in podcasts but I do love seeing what people create, so I gave it a click... and then couldn't back out to HN. Why is your site back-button trapped?

rzzzt 4y ago

I'm seeing this kind of complaint so frequently, it made me wonder if there is a software solution for it. Can we build a better back button?

zanethomas 4y ago
Hold the back button down until you get a list, then choose.
- rzzzt 4y ago
  Can the browser do this for me once it sees that a single button press sent me back to where I started? In AudioOne's case, it's /frontpage -> / -> /frontpage
azdle 4y ago
It seems to work just fine in Firefox (on android, bit I would assume that doesn't matter). I see the pre-redirect page in the list when I hold back, but a single tap of back brings be back to HN. I would imagine that it sees the `history.pushState()` or w/e without any interaction and knows that it's a dead state/page/(?).
nonameking2026 4y ago
Build back better ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngF2cpoxkQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngF2cpoxkQw
JustSomeNobody 4y ago
> Can we build a better back button? Yes, don't break it to begin with.
pvg 4y ago
There's a local non-technical solution in the site guidelines: Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—things like article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.
- rzzzt 4y ago
  I'm interested in whether a technical solution exists for the problem -- just so one could point to the Gobblesmack Browser or the RealBack extension in Chrome store (names obviously made up) whenever this comes up. That would cut down on the complaints as well.
  - pvg 4y ago
    Right clicking on the back button and left clicking on the 'flag' link on the complaints covers both reasonably well, if imperfectly.

CWuestefeld 4y ago

Disrespect for the user. If your desire to keep me on your side is, to you, more important than my ability to navigate as I please, then you're the not the kind of service I'm interested in. While I'm commenting - your About page can't possibly pass accessibility guidelines for contrast ratios. It's very hard to read.

tuxie_ 4y ago
Come on man, it's just a faulty redirect that gets in the way. Fair feedback for the dev, sure, but no need to assume evil and disrespect.
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