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Many sites (hi, Twitter; #! you, too!) happily break the back button. It is a standard technique to "boost" engagement and "reduce" bounce rate. Seems spiritual
by Drbble 15y ago
Many sites (hi, Twitter; #! you, too!) happily break the back button. It is a standard technique to "boost" engagement and "reduce" bounce rate. Seems spiritually inline line with this view-source gimmick.
- dazbradbury 15y agoWell, it's not really the same. On Twitter if I'm viewing an individual tweet page, and then click onto the authors profile page, and then click "back" in my browser, I will not be redirected to a different page altogether like in the OP's demo.
- dlikhten 15y agoThere is a problem, of course. Going to the new url fails to render the site, so view source won't work but neither will bookmarks. And you DON'T want to prevent bookmarking. But good to know this works.