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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Sample Comments

javascript-this • Dec 6, 2017 • View on HN

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.