Click a link and need to go back 10x to get back. Yes, I enjoy the footballs.
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Holy smokes I never realized this intended behaviour, but of couse it is…
Out of curiosity how old are you?
People have been complaining about this for a long time https://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=613804
Anyone know of a good modern extension for this?
Go to about:config and set “browser.navigation.requireUserInteraction” to true
Open all links in new tabs.
You can stop this by changing the settings in your browser. In Firefox go to about:config and search for browser.navigation.requireUserInteraction and toggle it so that it says true.
just click again, but fast enough to get the redirect, but not too fast to miss it and double click, and try not to do it a third time or you’re going back a few ages.
Or right click the back button
Or ctrl+w to close the fucking site and never come back.
I was just thinking about this.
Super annoying because it can actually be fixed by using
History.replaceState()overHistory.pushState().I guess the reason they do it is either to keep you stuck on their sucky site, or just incompetence.
You’re right, but “incompetence” seems harsh. Maybe I’m just sensitive today.
Hanlon’s Razor: Don’t attribute to malice what can be sufficiently explained by stupidity.
Couldn’t be me. Opening links in a new tab master race
Middle click is muscle memory. Has been for 20 years.
Firefox should really implement a feature that hides this bullshit from the previous sites menu
Go to about:config and set “browser.navigation.requireUserInteraction” to true
