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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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Itlante · 23/07/2018 12:42

It would be good to know if it will be fixed one day, it's really quite annoying!

CaptainHammer · 23/07/2018 10:32

I don’t think it’ll ever be fixed.

ILoveMyDressingGown · 21/07/2018 13:05

Any news? I've just been on active, went there straight from Google, clicked a thread and then clicked back which took me back to google, skipping the active list. It did this three times in a row. I sometimes get 2 URLs that Justified has pictured but sometimes not.

WineCheeseSleep · 12/07/2018 14:23

Still happening loads here too!

CaptainHammer · 11/07/2018 12:29

I’ve not been on mumsnet as much because of this but it had been ok for me for a week or so. Yesterday/today it’s doing it constantly. Really frustrating.

JustfiedandAncient · 08/07/2018 16:23

There appears to be 2 urls for active. Could this have anything to do with it? Neither have been typed in, both are off links?

Weird behaviour with "back" button in browser - anyone else?
Sidge · 06/07/2018 14:56

It's still happening, and happening a lot more over the last week.

Whether I use my laptop, my iPad or my iPhone it happens.

Threads leaping around all over the place.

Pinkywoo · 03/07/2018 20:17

It's just constant today, literally every time I press back it's as if I pressed it 3 times, or it jumps back to what I looked at yesterday (which ironically was this thread). Please fix it, it's getting really annoying.

RiceButt · 03/07/2018 17:15

I've not experienced this for a few days now....

MNHQ
AnyaMumsnet · 29/06/2018 11:13

Hi there everyone,

We're really sorry it's taking so long to get this sorted - please bear with us! The tech team are still looking into a fix for this - as soon as it's sorted, we will let you know.

JustfiedandAncient · 27/06/2018 19:11

Any update mnhq? It's still happening. Thanks

ScienceIsTruth · 21/06/2018 20:16

Me too. Very annoying.

Itlante · 21/06/2018 20:15

It's been much worse today, both on my chromebook and my phone.
As I said in Jan
...One thing I've noticed, which I don't know if it's relevant, is that on the drop down menu on my android phone, the description for the active conversations link often has the description of an old link. I've only noticed this since the back button issue started.
ie.
AIBU at this dietary request in RSVP?|Mumsnet Discussion
www.mumsnet.com/active-conversations

When I just tried to go back to active on my phone, it chose the dietary request AIBU page instead of active.

Stormwhale · 21/06/2018 19:50

Me too. I thought it was my ancient phone playing up.

BexleyRae · 21/06/2018 19:49

Yeah it's been happening for me for ages now. Its such a pain

ILoveMyDressingGown · 21/06/2018 19:47

It didn't happen for age for me yet it's jumped back to my login page from active 3 times in a row. How can you not know what's happening?!

Hamandcheesebaguette · 21/06/2018 18:18

Try again...

vimeo.com/276281741

Hamandcheesebaguette · 21/06/2018 18:16

I'm making a right mess of this.

I did post the video but realised it linked with my real name ffs so I've deleted it now.

Help!

Hamandcheesebaguette · 21/06/2018 18:10

vimeo.com/276279925

Hamandcheesebaguette · 21/06/2018 18:04

I think I've managed a screen recording. Sods law that it only happened once the whole recording. Usually much more often than that.

Now how do I share the video?

Hamandcheesebaguette · 21/06/2018 17:57

Still happening!!!!!!! Driving me crazy now!!!!! I have a mumsnet routine and thisbis ruining it. I was reading some classics the other day and now 7 times out of 10 when I'm reading a thread from active, click back and it's taking me to the classics list again and again and again.

crabb · 19/06/2018 01:30

Happy for you to visit me in Canberra... still happening.

ThatIsNachoCheese · 19/06/2018 01:25

Still it continues...

PatricianOfAnkhMorpork · 12/06/2018 16:11

It got worse over the weekend and its still happening again today, but intermittently.

I'm using a variety of platforms:
iOS 11.3.1 with Safari on ipad - desktop site
Windows 10, Chrome v 66.0.3359.181 on laptop - deskptop site

ShowOfHands · 04/06/2018 15:54

I haven't had a problem for a few weeks but it's back to doing it again. I can't use the search function because I read a selected thread from the results and when I click back to read more results, I go back to the search page. Click forward and it skips to the thread I've just read. And repeat ad nauseam.

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