Back Button Hijacking

Users complain about a website manipulating browser history to break or hijack the back button, making navigation frustrating and trapping them on the page.

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Activity Over Time

2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
266
2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sample Comments

could you NOT wreck my browser's back-button please?

sunbum Jan 18, 2022 View on HN

Kinda a dick move that it hijacks the back button :(

cirrus3 Jan 13, 2022 View on HN

This website does that thing where the back button locks you in. How is this not a solved problem by now?

perilunar Apr 6, 2023 View on HN

Why do you hijack the back button? Leaves an extremely poor impression.

hyperbovine Apr 10, 2023 View on HN

What the heck does this website do to the back button?

pronoiac Nov 25, 2014 View on HN

Wow, this page does weird and horrible things to the history. The back button doesn't work.

cheesedoodle Feb 5, 2020 View on HN

Hi, this is cool but you have hijacked the back button!

gumballindie Sep 26, 2023 View on HN

I flagged it because it does hijack the back button.

n1cked Jul 2, 2013 View on HN

A bit annoying that the site breaks the back button.

varjag Jul 26, 2011 View on HN

I don't like that browser back button has no effect.