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Anyone else always click on wrong thread?

26 replies

SomedayMyPrinceWillCome · 24/11/2015 19:03

Just that really.
I'm using the MN app & I often click on a thread to read & something completely different opens up. Is it just me with fat fingers or do other users have the same problem?

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BeccaMumsnet · 26/11/2015 12:35

Hi Someday - will just bump this for you to see if any other users are having this issue. Thanks for posting.

SomedayMyPrinceWillCome · 26/11/2015 16:54

Just me with fat fingers huh?

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SayrraT · 29/11/2015 20:40

No, it happens to me too.

Underdogsbollocks · 29/11/2015 20:42

Happens to me to, I thought it was fat fingers at first but convinced it is the app at fault now. Also when I'm on a thread where someone has posted a link the links always seem to open when I have touched nowhere near them.

Stinkyfeet · 29/11/2015 20:42

Yep, and it's always a really long thread that takes ages to load before I can click back out of it.

LizKeen · 29/11/2015 20:51

This happens to me on the mobile site.

Links are also impossible to select on the mobile site. I thought it was just my mobile, as it is a bit shit, but then I realised that I can select links easily on other sites. It is just MN that makes me want to throw the phone really hard against the wall.

Samsung Galaxy Fame, in case it matters.

Crankycunt · 29/11/2015 20:51

Yup me too, I think it's my phone though, where the page hasn't loaded properly you think you're clicking on one thread but it's actually another.

usual · 29/11/2015 20:54

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poorbuthappy · 29/11/2015 20:55

Yep. Me too.

MockTheWeek · 29/11/2015 20:56

Yes it happens to me but I always assumed it was my fault. It can get very confusing when the content is completely unrelated to the topic I thought I was reading!

Groovee · 29/11/2015 20:57

Happens to me too X

LizKeen · 29/11/2015 21:09

I thought the same as Cranky so I started waiting until the page was completely loaded, and it still happens.

DawnMumsnet · 29/11/2015 22:27

Hi, thanks for letting us know. Sounds like this is a problem for some of you on the mobile site as well as the app, then.

MocktheWeek, poorbuthappy, Groovee, LizKeen and anyone else we've missed - can you let us know if you're using the app or the mobile site? Any details gratefully received so our Tech team can investigate.

Many thanks. Flowers

gamerchick · 29/11/2015 22:34

Heh I thought it was just me Grin and yes it's always a really long one I have no interest in.

It's not a problem, just irritating. Mobile site. I just assumed some ads take a while to load and the screen jumps slightly.

LizKeen · 29/11/2015 22:42

Well I already put that info. But I will write it again.

Mobile site using a Samsung Galaxy Fame.

MockTheWeek · 30/11/2015 08:59

I use the app on iPhone.

VulcanWoman · 30/11/2015 09:15

Yeah, happens to me, it's when my tablets playing up, on a go slow.

Perfectlypurple · 30/11/2015 09:22

Yep, happens to me too. I just figured it was me. Only happ now on app on phone.

emotionsecho · 30/11/2015 09:27

Happens to me when using the mobile site on Samsung Tablet, Google Chrome.

Wait ages for 'Most Active' page to load and then click on the thread I want to read only for it to load a thread either three above or three below the one I want.

I thought it was just another of those mobile site quirks of which there seem to be rather a lot.

BishopBrennansArse · 30/11/2015 09:31

Yes when using the app

Groovee · 30/11/2015 15:25

Using the app on my phone and iPad and it does it on both X

Hopelass · 30/11/2015 15:38

Me too on iPhone app. Thought it was just me!!

Deedeecupcake · 30/11/2015 16:17

This happens to me on the iPhone app, genuinely thought my fingers were just too fat to use the app Grin

voodoolooloo · 30/11/2015 22:12

I use the iPad app. It happens to me lots, thought it was my fat fingers. Also, if I click on a link, then click to go back to mumsnet (via the provided link) it takes me back to the main active convo list.
I'm using the app, happens on iPhone and iPad.

ENtertainmentAppreciated · 30/11/2015 22:27

Me on the mobile site. I know it's not fat fingers because the thread it navigates to isn't even in the vicinity of the one I click on. It happens a lot.