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Off topic, but does anyone know why when I click on the above link in Firefox the back history is gone as if it was opened in a fresh tab? IG doing sketchy stuf

by jahnu 3y ago

Off topic, but does anyone know why when I click on the above link in Firefox the back history is gone as if it was opened in a fresh tab? IG doing sketchy stuff to discourage navigating back to where I came from? Or perhaps the Firefox Facebook container protecting me?

Kye 3y ago
It opens Facebook and Instagram in a Facebook container by default. The container has no history.
- justinclift 3y ago
  Ugh, that seems like a bug which should be fixed. It's pretty inconvenient for users. :(
  - Timshel 3y ago
    Probably not trivial since the back button might be linked to history and the container is doing it's job in isolation. I would expect there is a setting to force opening the container in a new tab if you want to be able to go back.
    - jahnu 3y ago
      I think a new tab for the container and leaving the original tab open would be the least surprising/inconvenient behaviour.
    - Kye 3y ago
      There must be since that's how it works for me. Either I changed it, or it stopped being default at some point.
  - eyeundersand 3y ago
    You can change that in the settings. It's under 'Tabs' in the 'General' section of 'Settings' from the hamburger menu in the top-right (check/uncheck "Enable Container Tabs"). I quite like having that on by default.
    - justinclift 3y ago
      The extra security aspect seems important, but the browser shouldn't just drop the user's previous history (for that tab) just because it's isolating things. :/ Hopefully this is just a case of "early stage feature" and bugs like this will be fixed. :)
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