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On mobile Firefox, the app captures the gesture to go back to the prior page, so I couldn't come back to here until I typed in the URL box to navigate to Hacker

On mobile Firefox, the app captures the gesture to go back to the prior page, so I couldn't come back to here until I typed in the URL box to navigate to Hacker News

mthoms 3y ago
Same here on desktop Safari. If there's one thing I can't stand is hijacking of the back button. I'm not sure about Firefox but on other browsers you can hold the back button to see your history - then you can navigate back to HN (or wherever) from there.
bheadmaster 3y ago
Same thing on my mobile Firefox. I actually went back dozen times, thinking to myself "did I really make this many fuck cards?" before realizing what's happening. If you're gonna hijack the back button for the purpose of your app, folks, at least make it eventually go to the previous page. Don't make it circular.
- rantallion 3y ago
  > If you're gonna hijack the back button for the purpose of your app, folks, at least make it eventually go to the previous page. Don't make it circular. Or, in the spirit of the site itself... they can fuck the fuck off. Not sure if it's lazy or hostile but it ensures I won't visit again.
  - bheadmaster 3y ago
    I try my best to not assume malice unless evident beyond reasonable doubt. Far more evil comes from misunderstanding or just plain old ignorance (not in a deragoratory way - we all learn new things every day). So in practice, it's a useful heuristic.
    - webjac 3y ago
      That's exactly it. Dumb mistake from my Javascript n00b skills. I'll fix it ASAP
- webjac 3y ago
  Thank you, I honestly haven't noticed I was hijacking the back button. I'd like to apologize to everyone for it. I'll fix it ASAP. Thanks for all the good feedback!
  - bheadmaster 3y ago
    No problem. Sorry that my only comment is a criticism, I guess being a SW engineer turned me oversensitive to bugs/unexpected behavior. Like an allergy caused by overexposure, haha.
rendall 3y ago
Same on Android Chrome. Fun app. You can have that cool go back functionality without actually preventing people from going back. This site is an example. Choose another question a few times then click the back button. https://rendall.github.io/icebreakers/ https://rendall.github.io/icebreakers/
- webjac 3y ago
  Thank you, I honestly having noticed the hijacking of the back button. I'd like to apologize to everyone for it. I'll fix it ASAP. Thanks for all the good feedback
webjac 3y ago
My bad, I didn't even realized I was hijacking the back button. It should be fixed now. Thanks for all the comments!

On mobile Firefox, the app captures the gesture to go back to the prior page, so I couldn't come back to here until I typed in the URL box to navigate to Hacker News

mthoms 3y ago

Same here on desktop Safari. If there's one thing I can't stand is hijacking of the back button. I'm not sure about Firefox but on other browsers you can hold the back button to see your history - then you can navigate back to HN (or wherever) from there.

bheadmaster 3y ago

Same thing on my mobile Firefox. I actually went back dozen times, thinking to myself "did I really make this many fuck cards?" before realizing what's happening. If you're gonna hijack the back button for the purpose of your app, folks, at least make it eventually go to the previous page. Don't make it circular.

rantallion 3y ago
> If you're gonna hijack the back button for the purpose of your app, folks, at least make it eventually go to the previous page. Don't make it circular. Or, in the spirit of the site itself... they can fuck the fuck off. Not sure if it's lazy or hostile but it ensures I won't visit again.
- bheadmaster 3y ago
  I try my best to not assume malice unless evident beyond reasonable doubt. Far more evil comes from misunderstanding or just plain old ignorance (not in a deragoratory way - we all learn new things every day). So in practice, it's a useful heuristic.
  - webjac 3y ago
    That's exactly it. Dumb mistake from my Javascript n00b skills. I'll fix it ASAP
webjac 3y ago
Thank you, I honestly haven't noticed I was hijacking the back button. I'd like to apologize to everyone for it. I'll fix it ASAP. Thanks for all the good feedback!
- bheadmaster 3y ago
  No problem. Sorry that my only comment is a criticism, I guess being a SW engineer turned me oversensitive to bugs/unexpected behavior. Like an allergy caused by overexposure, haha.

rendall 3y ago

Same on Android Chrome. Fun app. You can have that cool go back functionality without actually preventing people from going back. This site is an example. Choose another question a few times then click the back button. https://rendall.github.io/icebreakers/ https://rendall.github.io/icebreakers/

webjac 3y ago
Thank you, I honestly having noticed the hijacking of the back button. I'd like to apologize to everyone for it. I'll fix it ASAP. Thanks for all the good feedback

webjac 3y ago

My bad, I didn't even realized I was hijacking the back button. It should be fixed now. Thanks for all the comments!