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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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MrMeSeeks · 28/03/2018 00:11

My phone is new also Brew

AgentProvocateur · 27/03/2018 23:08

MNHQ, are you any closer to solving this? It's driving me insane.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 27/03/2018 14:55

Still happening. As an experiment would you (MNHQ tech) be able to turn off all of the adverts on the mobile site for 24 hours to see if that fixes the problem?

CaptainHammer · 27/03/2018 09:21

Same as above

Sailorjerrycherry · 26/03/2018 23:43

Tried all of those suggestions; still happening. V annoying!

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BertieBotts · 26/03/2018 23:36

It happened to me the other day on my brand new phone too - I haven't set anything up or added anything to the browser on that, didn't even transfer my old files, and it had an update as soon as I turned it on.

It doesn't seem to happen as much at the moment for me but I definitely noticed it as a one off.

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ThatIsNachoCheese · 26/03/2018 23:15

As above. Still happening.

AlishaMary · 26/03/2018 13:31

As above.

MrMeSeeks · 26/03/2018 12:58

I’m on an iphone, everything is the latest Hmm

Itlante · 26/03/2018 12:39

Thanks Tracey, it's good that it's being looked into, as it has been going on for a long time.
I have the latest version on my phone and I bought a new phone about a month ago (so no history or problem extensions etc) and it still happens. I also don't have adblocker.

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TraceyTech · 26/03/2018 11:49

Hi all,

I am so sorry this is still causing problems. Here are some options that might resolve the issue.

  1. make sure you are using the latest version of the browser - got to updates and update that browser
  2. try clearing your browser history via settings, close the app and open again
  3. reset the browser via settings - please note this will remove any browser extensions you might have (such as ad blockers)

Please do let us know if you are still having this problem after trying those.

I understand that this is very frustrating and we are trying to get to the bottom of it.

Tracey

MNHQ
DawnMumsnet · 26/03/2018 09:57

Hi all,

Just wanted to apologise for the fact that we seem unable to get to the bottom of this. I've been back to our Tech team again and hopefully one of them will be posting an update on their progress.

Many thanks for your patience.

Itlante · 26/03/2018 06:56

It's still happening this morning. It had seemed to get a little better, but this morning it is really bad on my Android phone.

AlishaMary · 26/03/2018 06:53

Same here Angry

IcaMorgan · 25/03/2018 22:39

Still happening for me on iPad Pro using chrome

AintNobodyHereButUsChickens · 25/03/2018 22:30

Still happening for me! On iPhone 6s iOS11 using Safari browser. Very frustrating!

SisterMoonshine · 23/03/2018 20:11

Really pi$$ung me of now Angry

MrMeSeeks · 22/03/2018 20:32

And me,

CaptainHammer · 22/03/2018 09:18

Yes still happening here too though not every single time

ThursdayNextIsMyHero · 22/03/2018 07:04

Hi, this is still happening. It had seemed to get a bit better but this morning it's worse. Using the back button takes it back to the last non-MN page.

MrMeSeeks · 18/03/2018 03:14

Still happening

busybuildingdens · 16/03/2018 20:46

Just spent ages trying to find this thread, to say this has just happened to me again (has been happening on and off for ages)!

RiceButt · 16/03/2018 13:12

Yes my hour was short lived. Still doin it I'm afraid.

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DawnMumsnet · 16/03/2018 11:01

Rats, I thought as much. Sad

So sorry, folks. The Tech team are beavering away - have asked if one of them can hop on the thread with any updates.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 16/03/2018 10:40

Still sporadically happening here too...