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Weird behaviour with "back" button in browser - anyone else?

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BertieBotts · 04/01/2018 21:45

Over the last few days I've noticed if I'm browsing Active, I'm On or a talk topic and click onto a thread from there, when I press back to return to the list of threads afterwards, it often seems to skip that page and go straight to whatever thread I was reading before that, which is very odd. It doesn't happen every time, but enough for me to notice. I have thought maybe I've clicked back twice by mistake and gone forward again, but it's like the interim page is just deleted from my history as though I never visited it at all.

Is anyone else getting this? It's really strange and disorientating.

I'm on Chrome on Windows 10 on a desktop.

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AWaitressInACocktailBar · 08/02/2018 06:47

Anything?? This is incredibly annoying.

AristotlesTrousers · 08/02/2018 06:20

Still doing it here occasionally (iPad) when I try to go back to the full topics list.

Tanaqui · 06/02/2018 17:59

It is driving me mad today! Please please fix it!

AWaitressInACocktailBar · 06/02/2018 09:39

Still happening, and clearly to a lot of us. It’s been almost a month now since it was flagged up to MNHQ and tech started “looking into it.” Not impressed with the response, I have to say.

NoParticularPattern · 06/02/2018 09:27

It’s still doing it! It’s only this site that it happens on and it seems to happen whatever device I’m on! It confuses the hell out of me when I’m trying to find something!

CaptainHammer · 05/02/2018 11:38

Just came to this board to ask about this and saw this thread, it’s happening to me too!

SisterMoonshine · 04/02/2018 17:28

Still doing it

Nobrain · 02/02/2018 09:59

Still happening here - Making the site really hard to use :(

Obviouspretzel · 02/02/2018 06:21

Still happening, I thought it was just me too!

SistersOfPercy · 01/02/2018 23:14

Ohhh I thought it was me 😳

Happening sporadically on my ipad. Browsing with chrome.

LittleBird74 · 01/02/2018 22:12

Happening here too, iPhone and iPad

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LornaMumsnet · 31/01/2018 10:22

Hi all,

Just swinging by to let you know that Sham from tech is still looking into this one - struggling for a fix but still on the case. Thanks so much for the patience.

ThursdayNextIsMyHero · 31/01/2018 08:39

Still happening on my phone too

ThatIsNachoCheese · 31/01/2018 02:19

Can we have an update please MN? it really is annoying, I'm definitely using the site much less.

Graphista · 29/01/2018 19:48

Ok stopped for a few days, then earlier had something REALLY weird happen... Hit back button and it went back to active threads - but it was active threads page from days ago, not the current active threads Confused

I closed the window and reopened and it went right again.

Cocolepew · 29/01/2018 15:42

Still happening here too

MamehaSan · 29/01/2018 10:29

Still happening...

Tanaqui · 28/01/2018 11:38

Still happening here too (safari on phone and Mac) and it is driving me mad!

Pinkywoo · 28/01/2018 11:35

This normally happens every 4-5 threads (I click on active threads, click on a thread and read, then press back and instead of going back to the active thread title page, it takes me back to a thread or title page I have read previously) but today it's happening between every single thread I read, so annoying!

WineCheeseSleep · 28/01/2018 10:35

This is still happening for me and it really is so annoying that I'm coming to mumsnet less!

IHaveACuntingPlan · 27/01/2018 15:05

It has just happened twice. I was on one thread, clicked back and it took me out of Mumsnet altogether. I went back in, read another thread, clicked back and was again taken out of Mumsnet. This has been happening for ages now and is very annoying.

Needmorehands · 27/01/2018 10:45

This has been happening for a while, another Chrome user here if that makes any difference. I tend to use 'Last 15 mins' and approximately half teh time it will take me back to that page, and the other half, something I have been reading...

daisychicken · 27/01/2018 09:25

I'm still having issues with this, in fact it's worse this morning than it has been for the last week - as in its happening everytime I use the back button not just every few times. Hope it's fixed soon!

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RivkaMumsnet · 25/01/2018 19:50

Sorry this is still affecting some people and thank you for the extra info.

It's in the capable hands of Tech now so hopefully you'll have an update tomorrow.

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BertieBotts · 24/01/2018 22:37

I got that this morning as well but I don't often get to MN by typing in the address so I don't know how long it's been happening for.

It will display the correct URL but then the page header is a thread title instead of "Mumsnet Discussion" which is what it should say for Active/I'm On.

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