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Mild nit: your website hijacked the back button, I had to spam click back like 30 times to get back to this hacker news comment thread

theanzelm 2y ago
Founder here - do you mean the chat example? Or just the homepage itself?
- rozap 2y ago
  homepage itself, firefox on ubuntu
  - theanzelm 2y ago
    Are the history entries all just the same URL? Thanks for reporting
    - _false 2y ago
      Yes (encountered same issue on ff macos after clicking on example tabs)
- rbattula 2y ago
  same for me safari on macos15
- slipgate55 2y ago
  I couldn't replicate this in Firefox 131 under W11.
- exac 2y ago
  On Firefox 131.0 I clicked through the tabs with the demo code, then pressed my mouse's "back" button and it didn't work. So I manually clicked the back button and it directed me back to this page. Then I opened it again and clicked the back button and it didn't work again.
- janderland 2y ago
  I’m also experiencing issues with the website. I when to the docs page and accidentally pressed back in my browser, after which the forward button wouldn’t work to undo the back operation. Seems like the website breaks basic browser navigation.
kspacewalk2 2y ago
>I had to spam click back like 30 times to get back to this hacker news comment thread Click-and-holding or right-clicking the back button will give you a list of last N URLs in your tab history. This page only generates one auto-redirect, so the HN URL will show up.
- ddoolin 2y ago
  Thank you for this. Many years of browser usage and I never knew this.
  - scoopr 2y ago
    Such is the years long removal of affordance from the UI. Netscape 4 had a small downwards arrow to indicate a submenu for the backbutton.
    - cassepipe 2y ago
      On Firefox it apparently disappeared in 2011 https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/%5BArticle%5D-0.-Firefox-UI-UX-history https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/%5BArticle%...
- NetOpWibby 2y ago
  Just tried this in Arc and Firefox...I never knew.
- abrookewood 2y ago
  Wow .. you've just removed a massive source of frustration - thank you.
todd3834 2y ago
Tip for next time this happens: hold down the back button for a menu of your history. It can help get where you want faster. Although not sure it helps too much if you literally had to click 30 times
- brazzledazzle 2y ago
  That or right click.
gocken 2y ago
I wonder if they tested this at all. What a poor showing.
neogodless 2y ago
Reproduced with Firefox 131.0 on Windows 11. Happens if I click to jazz.tools. After pressing back once, I am still on jazz.tools, but have a forward arrow. It does seem related to the "chat" because the "result" window changes when I click between those back/forward arrow controls of the browser. https://imgur.com/a/nuUluX3 https://imgur.com/a/nuUluX3
theanzelm 2y ago
Just wanted to apologise to everyone for this, this kind of stuff drives me nuts and I'm not sure how I never noticed - it seems to be a result of how we use the iframe to render the chat example. Investigating!
- theanzelm 2y ago
  Update: this should be fixed now
  - frenchie4111 2y ago
    Thanks for the quick response!
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theanzelm 2y ago

Founder here - do you mean the chat example? Or just the homepage itself?

rozap 2y ago
homepage itself, firefox on ubuntu
- theanzelm 2y ago
  Are the history entries all just the same URL? Thanks for reporting
  - _false 2y ago
    Yes (encountered same issue on ff macos after clicking on example tabs)
rbattula 2y ago
same for me safari on macos15
slipgate55 2y ago
I couldn't replicate this in Firefox 131 under W11.
exac 2y ago
On Firefox 131.0 I clicked through the tabs with the demo code, then pressed my mouse's "back" button and it didn't work. So I manually clicked the back button and it directed me back to this page. Then I opened it again and clicked the back button and it didn't work again.
janderland 2y ago
I’m also experiencing issues with the website. I when to the docs page and accidentally pressed back in my browser, after which the forward button wouldn’t work to undo the back operation. Seems like the website breaks basic browser navigation.

kspacewalk2 2y ago

>I had to spam click back like 30 times to get back to this hacker news comment thread Click-and-holding or right-clicking the back button will give you a list of last N URLs in your tab history. This page only generates one auto-redirect, so the HN URL will show up.

ddoolin 2y ago
Thank you for this. Many years of browser usage and I never knew this.
- scoopr 2y ago
  Such is the years long removal of affordance from the UI. Netscape 4 had a small downwards arrow to indicate a submenu for the backbutton.
  - cassepipe 2y ago
    On Firefox it apparently disappeared in 2011 https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/%5BArticle%5D-0.-Firefox-UI-UX-history https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/%5BArticle%...
NetOpWibby 2y ago
Just tried this in Arc and Firefox...I never knew.
abrookewood 2y ago
Wow .. you've just removed a massive source of frustration - thank you.

todd3834 2y ago

Tip for next time this happens: hold down the back button for a menu of your history. It can help get where you want faster. Although not sure it helps too much if you literally had to click 30 times

brazzledazzle 2y ago
That or right click.

gocken 2y ago

I wonder if they tested this at all. What a poor showing.

neogodless 2y ago

Reproduced with Firefox 131.0 on Windows 11. Happens if I click to jazz.tools. After pressing back once, I am still on jazz.tools, but have a forward arrow. It does seem related to the "chat" because the "result" window changes when I click between those back/forward arrow controls of the browser. https://imgur.com/a/nuUluX3 https://imgur.com/a/nuUluX3

theanzelm 2y ago

Just wanted to apologise to everyone for this, this kind of stuff drives me nuts and I'm not sure how I never noticed - it seems to be a result of how we use the iframe to render the chat example. Investigating!

theanzelm 2y ago
Update: this should be fixed now
- frenchie4111 2y ago
  Thanks for the quick response!

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