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That's what the back button is for. I will take you back to where you were before you clicked a link, including scroll down the page to the correct position.
by adamtj 13y ago
That's what the back button is for. I will take you back to where you were before you clicked a link, including scroll down the page to the correct position.
- Jare 13y agoUnfortunately, it doesn't work with infinite scroll pages or other stateful types of sites.
- nollidge 13y agoNot on Twitter it won't, because when you hit "back", there's 65 new tweets at the top of your timeline, so your position is not the same.
- Moru 13y agoAnd that brings us to another annoying thing newbie webdevelopers do. Infinitely scrolling webpages. Hate them. Breaks all my old habits with back-buttons, or leaving a webpage open in the browser for the next day to continue reading.
- tomjakubowski 13y agoLet's be fair: it's a thing newbie (or newbie-minded) product designers ask for, which the web developers then implement.
- jeffmould 13y agoUnfortunately on Twitter and other infinite scroll pages the back button doesn't take you back to where you were exactly. The position gets thrown off based on the new tweets in the timeline.