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> "Don't break the back button" is a trope in web development. Is it? I’ve been having an inner rant about how modern web ignores the back button. Reddit and
by wodenokoto 4y ago
> "Don't break the back button" is a trope in web development.
Is it? I’ve been having an inner rant about how modern web ignores the back button.
Reddit and YouTube completely breaks the back button. Click a video, click back and a completely new list of videos are shown. Same for Reddit.
On top of that almost every news site inject their front page behind the article you clicked so back keeps you on their property.
Clicking back on Facebook gives you a new feed.
- StableAndro 4y agoYouTube lately has this issue where the back button just doesn't work at all. I click to take me back to search results and nothing happens; I click again and then I see whatever I had opened prior to YouTube. Also Google Shopping doesn't let me change my search terms: I type something new, press enter, and nothing happens. And Google Search has been showing the wrong dates for Reddit threads, showing older posts than the time range I selected. All of these issues have shown up only in the past month or two (maybe massive layoffs lead to massive mistakes?).
- Arrath 4y ago"Check out these articles before you go!" No! I clicked back for a reason, respect that!