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I loved this up until the end when I went to hit the back button. Clearly the last number should be 29 (or whatever it actually is but I think it's somewhere ar

I loved this up until the end when I went to hit the back button. Clearly the last number should be 29 (or whatever it actually is but I think it's somewhere around that): the number of times you'll have to hit back to get to the last page you were on. That's always a pain. Good thing they made up for it beforehand by making such a great report.

jusben1369 13y ago
Yes! Came here to write the same thing.
spindritf 13y ago
I know that this is a general complaint about breaking a common feature but in case someone really doesn't know: right-click the back button in your browser and choose how far back you want to go from the list. Works at least in Chrome and Firefox.
- ancarda 13y ago
  >I know that this is a general complaint about breaking a common feature Then stop breaking it.
- ChuckMcM 13y ago
  Except in this case even if you right click, the list of 'back' that you had to go through was off the end of the page. So really it was easier to just to type news.ycombinator.com in the URL bar. That is fairly poor design in my opinion.
nickburlett 13y ago
It gets worse: if you scroll up and down through the page several times, there are so many history items that Chrome has forgotten all about HN and I can't get back there via the back button no matter how many times I press it.
8ig8 13y ago
∞ Number of back clicks to get you back.
tzs 13y ago
I don't see any of the problems described above or in the current responses to you when I try it with Chrome. One click of back brings me back to HN, and I only get one item in the history list. With Safari, one click brings me back, but I do see one entry per "page" added to my history menu. Firefox behave the same as Safari I have no add-ins or extensions on Safari other than 1Password. On Chrome I have 1Password and a viewer for chess games in PGN. I have 1Password and Firebug and a PGN chess viewer in Firefox. I wonder if you have some kind of extension or something that the site does not get alone with? I'm on a Mac.

jusben1369 13y ago

Yes! Came here to write the same thing.

spindritf 13y ago

I know that this is a general complaint about breaking a common feature but in case someone really doesn't know: right-click the back button in your browser and choose how far back you want to go from the list. Works at least in Chrome and Firefox.

ancarda 13y ago
>I know that this is a general complaint about breaking a common feature Then stop breaking it.
ChuckMcM 13y ago
Except in this case even if you right click, the list of 'back' that you had to go through was off the end of the page. So really it was easier to just to type news.ycombinator.com in the URL bar. That is fairly poor design in my opinion.

nickburlett 13y ago

It gets worse: if you scroll up and down through the page several times, there are so many history items that Chrome has forgotten all about HN and I can't get back there via the back button no matter how many times I press it.

8ig8 13y ago

∞ Number of back clicks to get you back.

tzs 13y ago

I don't see any of the problems described above or in the current responses to you when I try it with Chrome. One click of back brings me back to HN, and I only get one item in the history list. With Safari, one click brings me back, but I do see one entry per "page" added to my history menu. Firefox behave the same as Safari I have no add-ins or extensions on Safari other than 1Password. On Chrome I have 1Password and a viewer for chess games in PGN. I have 1Password and Firebug and a PGN chess viewer in Firefox. I wonder if you have some kind of extension or something that the site does not get alone with? I'm on a Mac.