Yes, it's off topic. But I've recently run into something that's new, at
least to me.
Two different websites I've gone to lately have stuffed extra lines into
my browser history. Looks like one about every 5-10 seconds.
The result of course, is that the only way to leave the site is to call
up history and go down below their list or to delete all recent history.
I did a search for this technique using several different phrases and
couldn't find anything about it. Is this something new? Have any of you
seen the problem?
In article <[email protected]>, Greg Guarino
<[email protected]> wrote:
> At least with the browser I use (Firefox), you can right-click the Back
> button and choose which page to go to from a list of the past several
> you visited.
Safari as well, and Chrome.
djb
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On 2/3/2015 5:41 PM, John McCoy wrote:
> Larry Blanchard<[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> Yes, it's off topic. But I've recently run into something that's new,
>> at least to me.
>>
>> Two different websites I've gone to lately have stuffed extra lines
>> into my browser history. Looks like one about every 5-10 seconds.
>>
>> The result of course, is that the only way to leave the site is to
>> call up history and go down below their list or to delete all recent
>> history.
>>
>> I did a search for this technique using several different phrases and
>> couldn't find anything about it. Is this something new? Have any of
>> you seen the problem?
>
> It's common. A lot of sites use a javascript routine to load
> their content as if it were a new page - so if you hit "back"
> you go back to the javascript and it just reloads the page.
> Some sites use a similar routine to refresh the page content
> every so often (so you get what you're seeing, a whole bunch
> of pages in history).
>
> Both are bad programming - you can load content into a page
> with javascript without creating a whole new page - but there
> are a lot of hack programmers creating pages now-a-days, and
> stuff like that gets copied a lot. I don't think it's
> intentionally evil in most cases, it's just bad.
>
> John
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon's razor
On 2/3/2015 5:41 PM, John McCoy wrote:
> It's common. A lot of sites use a javascript routine to load
> their content as if it were a new page - so if you hit "back"
> you go back to the javascript and it just reloads the page.
Exactly. Seeing this more and more these days, and it is indeed bad
programming. The practice started to become noticeable in the last
couple of years.
If you keep hitting the back button repeatedly you can sometimes over
come it.
On 2/3/2015 8:23 PM, Richard wrote:
> Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by
stupidity.
>
> Hanlon's razor
You nailed it.
Boils down to the cut n' paste mentality of the collectively most poorly
educated generation, with regard to science and technology, in the last
75 years.
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Larry Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Yes, it's off topic. But I've recently run into something that's new,
> at least to me.
>
> Two different websites I've gone to lately have stuffed extra lines
> into my browser history. Looks like one about every 5-10 seconds.
>
> The result of course, is that the only way to leave the site is to
> call up history and go down below their list or to delete all recent
> history.
>
> I did a search for this technique using several different phrases and
> couldn't find anything about it. Is this something new? Have any of
> you seen the problem?
It's common. A lot of sites use a javascript routine to load
their content as if it were a new page - so if you hit "back"
you go back to the javascript and it just reloads the page.
Some sites use a similar routine to refresh the page content
every so often (so you get what you're seeing, a whole bunch
of pages in history).
Both are bad programming - you can load content into a page
with javascript without creating a whole new page - but there
are a lot of hack programmers creating pages now-a-days, and
stuff like that gets copied a lot. I don't think it's
intentionally evil in most cases, it's just bad.
John
On 2/3/2015 1:50 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
> Yes, it's off topic. But I've recently run into something that's new, at
> least to me.
>
> Two different websites I've gone to lately have stuffed extra lines into
> my browser history. Looks like one about every 5-10 seconds.
>
> The result of course, is that the only way to leave the site is to call
> up history and go down below their list or to delete all recent history.
>
> I did a search for this technique using several different phrases and
> couldn't find anything about it. Is this something new? Have any of you
> seen the problem?
Almost all the news sites do that when you click to see a video.
But, like you said, drob down below to the root page and you can get
back in one step.
On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:50:06 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Yes, it's off topic. But I've recently run into something that's new, at
>least to me.
>
>Two different websites I've gone to lately have stuffed extra lines into
>my browser history. Looks like one about every 5-10 seconds.
>
>The result of course, is that the only way to leave the site is to call
>up history and go down below their list or to delete all recent history.
>
>I did a search for this technique using several different phrases and
>couldn't find anything about it. Is this something new? Have any of you
>seen the problem?
Are the websites, perhaps, just trying to run a video,
or some other very large script ? .. and your connection speed
and/or browser cache insufficient .. ?
My most hated files are Adobe pdf .. they are invariably
much-oversized and will hang everything else.
I will generally hit Ctrl-Alt-Del go to "Processes" tab
and "end" the troublesome application ..
John T.
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On 2/4/2015 10:09 AM, Swingman wrote:
> On 2/3/2015 5:41 PM, John McCoy wrote:
>> It's common. A lot of sites use a javascript routine to load
>> their content as if it were a new page - so if you hit "back"
>> you go back to the javascript and it just reloads the page.
>
> Exactly. Seeing this more and more these days, and it is indeed bad
> programming. The practice started to become noticeable in the last
> couple of years.
>
> If you keep hitting the back button repeatedly you can sometimes over
> come it.
>
>
> On 2/3/2015 8:23 PM, Richard wrote:
>
> > Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by
> stupidity.
> >
> > Hanlon's razor
>
> You nailed it.
>
> Boils down to the cut n' paste mentality of the collectively most poorly
> educated generation, with regard to science and technology, in the last
> 75 years.
>
At least with the browser I use (Firefox), you can right-click the Back
button and choose which page to go to from a list of the past several
you visited.
"Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Yes, it's off topic. But I've recently run into something that's new, at
> least to me.
>
> Two different websites I've gone to lately have stuffed extra lines into
> my browser history. Looks like one about every 5-10 seconds.
>
> The result of course, is that the only way to leave the site is to call
> up history and go down below their list or to delete all recent history.
>
> I did a search for this technique using several different phrases and
> couldn't find anything about it. Is this something new? Have any of you
> seen the problem?
With Firefox you can clear various histories by doing ctrl-alt-del while
you are in the FF window. A pop up window then gives you control
of what to clear and over what time frame. Try it, it's pretty much self
explanatory.
Art
On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:35:48 -0800, Artemus wrote:
> With Firefox you can clear various histories by doing ctrl-alt-del while
> you are in the FF window. A pop up window then gives you control of
> what to clear and over what time frame. Try it, it's pretty much self
> explanatory.
Not under Ubuntu Linux - probably a quirk of Windows.
But I had no problem clearing the history, I just wondered about the $%^
$# stuffing :-).