So now the issue with the back button returning to random old pages seems to have been resolved, another even more annoying problem has arisen (at least for me.) Now every time I hit the back button after reading a thread, the previous page refreshes before I can click on anything. When I hit the back button it initially shows the non-refreshed page but I can’t select anything, and then I have to wait while it “blinks” and then takes me to the top of the refreshed page. I find this incredibly annoying for two reasons.
First, it adds time to the page loading. Just a second, I grant you, but when you are sitting there staring the screen and it happens every time it gets quite maddening after a while, even more so because for a moment I can see the page I want but can’t click on anything.
The bigger issue is that I end up losing my place, so to speak, in the page that lists the threads. My normal “routine” on MN is to click on Active Threads, do a quick glance over the thread titles to see what looks interesting, then start from the top clicking on the threads that interest me. Sometimes I spend a good deal of time on one thread, but I have the other ones in the back of my mind to look at next. Once I’ve worked my way down the page of listed threads, I go back to the top and refresh to see what new threads or updates have come in. Yes I spend way too much time on MN. But lately this doesn’t work— if I’ve read a thread and I hit the back button, I wait while it does the whole blink/refresh thing, and then all of a sudden I can’t find the threads I had wanted to read. I also can’t ever get the feeling that I’ve read the whole page, which is more irritating than you might think.
Is anyone else having this problem? MNTech, is this intentional or can it be fixed? In the past four months since all of this back button business began I find myself being frustrated more than enjoying MN. I’m hanging in for the moment in hopes of it going back to normal.
I’m using Safari on an iPhone 7 if that makes any difference.