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The fix is to hold down the back button so the local history shows up, and pick the right page to go back to. Unfortunately, some versions of Chrome and/or Andr

The fix is to hold down the back button so the local history shows up, and pick the right page to go back to. Unfortunately, some versions of Chrome and/or Android seem to break this but that's a completely self-inflicted problem.

Rygian 7mo ago
That's not a fix. It's a workaround.
- zozbot234 7mo ago
  It's a fix because it completely solves the issue on any site, without requiring changes from LinkedIn or any other actor.
  - marak830 7mo ago
    It's a work around to them making changes to deliberately change the expected results of pressing "back"
    - TeMPOraL 7mo ago
      It's also not a very effective workaround, because some of the websites in question end up spamming multiple instances of their home page in the history stack.
      - zozbot234 7mo ago
        You can usually address this by going back as far as possible, then holding the button again so more of the history shows up. And IME, it's only really broken sites that have this problem in the first place.
        TeMPOraL 7mo ago
        Yes, but that's super annoying and at that point graduates to being a shitty workaround.
  - vitro 7mo ago
    My car leaks oil. So I refill it here and there. This fixes issue with any car maker and does not require action of any other actor.
  - nkrisc 7mo ago
    Yes, it’s a workaround because it doesn’t require anyone to fix the issue.
  - Spare_account 7mo ago
    >it completely solves the issue on any site It doesn't solve the problem with Instagram links, which in my experience do the following: 1) Open a new browser tab, with no history. 2) Close the original tab, so I can't easily get back to where I was.
    - zozbot234 7mo ago
      That's a different kind of dysfunction, though. You can address it by copying the link and pasting it in a new tab, or if that's not possible, copying the current page to a new tab and clicking on the link there.
    - jdwithit 7mo ago
      I've noticed that on Instagram, too. Absolutely infuriating.
neya 7mo ago
The fix is to not to implement anti-user patterns. What you're describing is a loophole around it.
- zozbot234 7mo ago
  > The fix is to not to implement anti-user patterns. That's not a fix the user can implement themselves. Holding down the back button is comparatively trivial.
  - lxgr 7mo ago
    Why on Earth would the user be expected to implement a fix for a problem they didn't cause themselves in the first place?
    - zozbot234 7mo ago
      Why the Earth should the user not want to implement a fix/workaround/whatever for a problem they didn't cause themselves but can trivially solve?
      - lxgr 7mo ago
        Because I expect my browser to work for me instead of having memorize workarounds for the new web annoyance of the day. Clicking "back", noticing that the site broke it, moving the mouse and long-pressing "back" (I normally navigate with a mouse thumb button or a trackpad gesture) is much more annoying than my browser just preventing this from happening in the first place.
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Rygian 7mo ago

That's not a fix. It's a workaround.

zozbot234 7mo ago
It's a fix because it completely solves the issue on any site, without requiring changes from LinkedIn or any other actor.
- marak830 7mo ago
  It's a work around to them making changes to deliberately change the expected results of pressing "back"
  - TeMPOraL 7mo ago
    It's also not a very effective workaround, because some of the websites in question end up spamming multiple instances of their home page in the history stack.
    - zozbot234 7mo ago
      You can usually address this by going back as far as possible, then holding the button again so more of the history shows up. And IME, it's only really broken sites that have this problem in the first place.
      - TeMPOraL 7mo ago
        Yes, but that's super annoying and at that point graduates to being a shitty workaround.
- vitro 7mo ago
  My car leaks oil. So I refill it here and there. This fixes issue with any car maker and does not require action of any other actor.
- nkrisc 7mo ago
  Yes, it’s a workaround because it doesn’t require anyone to fix the issue.
- Spare_account 7mo ago
  >it completely solves the issue on any site It doesn't solve the problem with Instagram links, which in my experience do the following: 1) Open a new browser tab, with no history. 2) Close the original tab, so I can't easily get back to where I was.
  - zozbot234 7mo ago
    That's a different kind of dysfunction, though. You can address it by copying the link and pasting it in a new tab, or if that's not possible, copying the current page to a new tab and clicking on the link there.
  - jdwithit 7mo ago
    I've noticed that on Instagram, too. Absolutely infuriating.

neya 7mo ago

The fix is to not to implement anti-user patterns. What you're describing is a loophole around it.

zozbot234 7mo ago
> The fix is to not to implement anti-user patterns. That's not a fix the user can implement themselves. Holding down the back button is comparatively trivial.
- lxgr 7mo ago
  Why on Earth would the user be expected to implement a fix for a problem they didn't cause themselves in the first place?
  - zozbot234 7mo ago
    Why the Earth should the user not want to implement a fix/workaround/whatever for a problem they didn't cause themselves but can trivially solve?
    - lxgr 7mo ago
      Because I expect my browser to work for me instead of having memorize workarounds for the new web annoyance of the day. Clicking "back", noticing that the site broke it, moving the mouse and long-pressing "back" (I normally navigate with a mouse thumb button or a trackpad gesture) is much more annoying than my browser just preventing this from happening in the first place.

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