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Back button gone funny...

94 replies

JosiePosiePuddingAndPie · 07/09/2013 14:47

I'm using safari on an ipad and the last couple of days I need two presses of the back button to go back one page. Its only happening on MN, not on any other websites. Slightly irritating!

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RegainingUnconsciousness · 08/09/2013 10:00

Oh, I've had that too, on iPhone & iPad.

cookielove · 08/09/2013 10:02

I'm getting this to on my phone! Android.

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OliviaMMumsnet · 08/09/2013 13:16

Right then, I have consulted with the techs

We don't control the back button on the browser.

What can happen is if someone follows a link down to a particular message on a page like the 'MNHQ has commented on this thread' links for example. Then pressing the back button takes you back to where you were but still on the same page. A second back button click then takes you to the previous page.

Does that make sense?
Sorry not to be able to wave a magic wand and make it better.

stooshe · 08/09/2013 13:18

Me too on my desktop Imac. Two days now. Also using Safari Browser.

AtiaoftheJulii · 08/09/2013 13:22

Me too, on android phone. The situation described by Olivia is not what's happening. I can click on a completely new thread, read down, press back and I get taken up to the top of the page, press back again and actually change page.

Crocky · 08/09/2013 13:45

I am also having this problem. Only started today and is very irritating. I am not following any link. Am just reading the thread and clicking the back button. Nothing happens and I have to click again. Only happening with this site.

Primrose123 · 08/09/2013 13:47

Me too, on my iPad.

Primrose123 · 08/09/2013 13:49

Also on my iMac, I've just realised.

I press back and it takes me to the same page. If I press back again, it takes me to the previous page.

I am not following any links, just mumsnetting as normal.

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 08/09/2013 13:50

Me too, both on iPad and android.

It's a very recent thing and happens on android as Atia says. On iPad, I click once and nothing happens, click again and I go back.

soapnuts · 08/09/2013 13:52

but it's not if you've clicked a link OliviaMumsnet - that would make sense. basically what happens is i clink on a thread, scroll down (don't click on anything) and then when i press back it takes me to the top of the thread again then have to click again to get back to active convs page - used to only take one click. i'm on a macbook pro using safari - only started happening yesterday - please try and stop it - it's so annoying - and def something new!

LegArmpits · 08/09/2013 13:55

Strangely my DH is also having the same problem on Reddit using Android. Curiouser and curiouser.

BlameItOnTheBogey · 08/09/2013 13:55

Me too but not in ipad on macbook though. It happens to me no matter how I navigate to a page...

Cheddars · 08/09/2013 14:00

Same here. I'm not clicking the back button, just swiping back on my magic mouse how pretentious does that sound?

It is very annoying and definitely not normal.

RustyBear · 08/09/2013 14:02

No, it's definitely not just caused by clicking on a link that takes you to another part of the page.

In the screen shot in this post (see below), I used the links on my Bookmarks bar to alternate between Active convos and Threads I'm on, and didn't touch the page that loaded at all, and got the same effect as before, with each page showing twice on the back button list. If I visit other sites, the double entry doesn't happen for those sites. Occasionally you don't get the double entry on Mumsnet, but it happens more often than not.

Screen shot here

HappyMummyOfOne · 08/09/2013 14:04

Thought it was my ipad having a moment, its been playing up for a couple of days.

Knotter · 08/09/2013 14:05

Same here on ipad using Safari -pressing back button has no effect unless pressed twice. However, it is also sometimes happening on other websites, eg Google, so perhaps it is something to do with Safari and an update they have done (wrong)?

tethersend · 08/09/2013 14:07

Me too. Glad it's not just my sausage fingers.

RustyBear · 08/09/2013 14:11

Here's another screen shot - same page after I posted the above message, previewed it (once) then visited other sites Screen shot

Just checked Google doesn't give the double entry on my iPad...

Knotter · 08/09/2013 14:15

It happens every time on Mumsnet, but has only happened a couple of times on Google for me.

volestair · 08/09/2013 14:28

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snozzlemaid · 08/09/2013 14:34

This has been driving me mad too. Thought I wasn't touching the back button on my ipad quite right. Glad it's not just me or my device.

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OliviaMMumsnet · 08/09/2013 16:22

@LegArmpits

Strangely my DH is also having the same problem on Reddit using Android. Curiouser and curiouser.

Maybe the whole interweb is busted?

meala · 08/09/2013 18:31

On my android tablet, the first back press rakes me to the top of the thread and the next one takes me back to the previous page. It's only happening on mumsnet though

Janek · 08/09/2013 18:41

Me too!

PolterGoose · 08/09/2013 19:22

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