[Closed] Admins - back/forward navigate, whats wrong with this website?

"back" works fine on here for me.

Back and forward work fine for me too

Though on a desktop I usually just middle-click to open threads in the background in a new tab, read them, then middle-click the tab to close it.

just had that. Seemed to be a BT advert

yep, just loaded a page with bt ad on, then the back button played up.

Oh right. Ads... 😕

Had similar especially at work today, every page I visited on teh forum required about 25-30 "backs" to get to the original forum list again

Yes, loads of prob's. Get's to the point where I just shut it down and walk away.......... Bye.

No problem here (Win7/Chrome)

I've been having the Back issue as well, but sporadically

KPHC: you're a Premier member, are you still seeing the issue with reduced ads? (assuming you have selected reduced ads)

Kinda surprised so many people use the back button - seems like a painfully slow way to surf.

Perhaps your mouse hasn't got the button configured to go back?
Why not open each post in a separate tab, thus never losing the overview page you originally clicked on?

Kinda surprised so many people use the back button - seems like a painfully slow way to surf

oh aye, coz a lil squeeze on the mouse bottom thumb button is like, such hard work.

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Kinda surprised so many people use the back button - seems like a painfully slow way to surf.

Me too.

I have the forum "overview" / "bike forum" / "chat forum" set up and use them to click back to wherever I want to be after reading a thread.

It's slow because you have to reload the forum index each time you are done with a thread.

oh aye, coz a lil squeeze on the mouse bottom thumb button is like, such hard work.

So how's it working out for you ?

A "Previous Topic / Next Topic" option would be useful

So how's it working out for you ?

STW specific button settings never occurred to me though.. you realise theres more to the web than STW?

[url= http://www.lolcats.com/ ]http://www.lolcats.com/[/url]
home/gallery/videos

button on my mouse to navigate, when i try to 'back' after opening a discussion, it will not go back as there seems to be loads of 'hidden?' pages i have to 'back' through

I am not aware of any recent problems. Are you having a long-standing issue? Is this any browser in particular? I know some browsers have some design problems with back buttons. I would also suggest your mouse button software may be an issue if you are using it for browsing.

It often helps to clear your cache and close your browser. Please post if you can narrow down the problem, or if you have details you can email me.

I am not aware of any recent problems

well, consider yourself aware.

it's not just me, others here are reporting the same.

my mouse software works fine with EVERY other website, games, the lot.

So how's it working out for you ?

Great thanks

Obviously not otherwise this thread wouldn't be here would it

oh aye, coz a lil squeeze on the mouse bottom thumb button is like, such hard work.

It's not the physical effort - it's the loading speed.

Basically if you want to read 5 threads you need to wait for 9 pages to load, whereas the middle-click style means just 5 loads and I don't wait for them cos they load in the background.

22meg adsl + i7 + sata3 SSD raid0 = no wait.
/willy wave

Hmmm, all good here.

Would prefer it if links opened in a new tab though.

[quote=cheez0 ]22meg adsl + i7 + sata3 SSD raid0 = no wait.
/willy wave

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Would prefer it if links opened in a new tab though.
Middle button/Wheel?

Middle button/Wheel?

Possible to configure I guess, spend most of my time here on the laptop though (using the touch pad).

[quote=Haze ]Middle button/Wheel?
Possible to configure I guess, spend most of my time here on the laptop though (using the touch pad).

control and click

Well well, learn something new everyday eh?

Cheers chvck!

🙂

Ads are the biggest source of annoyance on here. Even on my works laptop, which is a Dell Precision for running FEA. XP pc at home often freezes on STW. Fine anywhere else, just here.

Can appreciate that without them the site wouldn't be here, but its getting past the joke.
Can tell its getting bad when going elsewhere seems the less annoying option.
Sorry STW. 🙁

[quote=takisawa2 ]Ads are the biggest source of annoyance on here. Even on my works laptop, which is a Dell Precision for running FEA. XP pc at home often freezes on STW. Fine anywhere else, just here.
Can appreciate that without them the site wouldn't be here, but its getting past the joke.
Can tell its getting bad when going elsewhere seems the less annoying option.
Sorry STW. There's always Premier membership!

22meg adsl + i7 + sata3 SSD raid0 = no wait.
/willy wave

Dual 100meg dsl lines, i7, raid ssd & sli. Yawn.

Even logged into my Premier user account the issue is very much there , seems to be the following URL that just goes mad in the background, reloading and reloading so that my history shows this URL dozens of times and therefore can't immediately revert to my previous page....tres annoying!

http://img.mediaplex.com/content/0/1994

I'm having the same problem sporadically

some ads crash ie 8 frequently for me (work computer)

still happening, anyone doing anything about this?

same problem as KPHC - holding down the back button on the screen gives me a history of nothing but img.mediaplex.com/content/0/1994
Back button doesn't work.

Site also crashes on some networks, usualy when they are slow. Seems to be when it tries to load the adverts.

IE9 on Windows 7, probably fully patched & SPd as its a work laptop.

i get that sometimes on STW

Fine on iPad, crap on IE. Same issues, press back >10 times to do owt

Any news on this?

Bike Forum looks like a cup of tea for me.

This is poor.

I click on a thread and go straight to the thread OK. When I get there the browser's back history shows that i'm one level down from the forums page and I can go back with one click. If instead of immediately hitting back I wait thirty seconds before looking at the back history there are nine copies of the thread page in there and I have to click the back button 9 times.

It looks like one of adverts or trackers is repeatedly loading the thread page.

It's very annoying.

I'm using Firefox 15.0.1 BTW.

Same problem for me too - I'm on Google Chrome.

Phew glad its happening to others thought my puter was acting up again .

Same thing happening to me with the back button Chrome user .

Yup. Same sort of thing here too

Ours started doing this here just after we upgraded a Java thingy for a printing applet on a browser based shipping program. Linked?

Back button occasionally stops working for me too - IE9.

Same thing on Win7/Firefox 15.0.1 here. Very annoying. Might have to look at <shudder> BikeRadar instead...

Happening to me as well (win7 & chrome), have done a CCleaner (cache, history, cookies etc), but still doing it. 😐

appears to be constantly refreshing scorecard...something or other.

same problem as KPHC - holding down the back button on the screen gives me a history of nothing but img.mediaplex.com/content/0/1994
Back button doesn't work.

Site also crashes on some networks, usualy when they are slow. Seems to be when it tries to load the adverts.

+1. I'm logged in as a premier member.

Very annoying. Might have to look at <shudder> BikeRadar instead...

Or just, y'know, don't use the Back button?

a.scorecardresearch.com keeps auto refreshing on mine I think, not sure tho. It certainly appears to be constantly refreshing the page or something similar.

Seeing as STW don't seem to be doing anything about this after 2 weeks, I've taken action myself and it works fine now.

Care to share? It is VERY annoying! 👿

Yes, happening to me as well at home using Chrome but IE9 is fine as is my PC at work running Chrome.

Is confuse.

Care to share?

Yep same here with mac trackpad / mouse

Same problem for me - sporadically.

Problem occurs on the laptop (IE9, Windows 7 Home Premium) but I don't recall it happening on the iPad.

Just using the 'Chat Forum' link at the top of the page is not a good option as I don't always want the latest version of the page.

Been having this problem sporadically today for the first time, on XP running IE6 at work, (yes IE6!!) so assumed that was the problem. Also doing it on my Chromebook at home now.

happens on ps3 and psp too.

Happens with chrome and IE but not with firefox.

annoying.

how can a fix for a website bug be against any rules?

apart from the problem being a deliberate admin approved spammer-type thing?

deliberate attempt by admins to get more page impressions?

very quiet from them, absence is deafening

how can a fix for a website bug be against any rules?

[url= http://singletrackmag.com/terms-and-conditions/ ]Read "Our policy on A*********g" in the Forum Rules. [/url]

Just using the 'Chat Forum' link at the top of the page is not a good option as I don't always want the latest version of the page.

It should be. In fact iusing the Back button should give you the out-of-date page. Hitting the link should always give you the latest one.

But I don't always want the latest version of the page because I might want to read one thread, then go back and read another thread that was close to the link I just read...

Some times 'out of date' is good and useful.

But I don't always want the latest version of the page because I might want to read one thread, then go back and read another thread that was close to the link I just read...
Some times 'out of date' is good and useful.

That's why you do as I suggested earlier and just middle-click to open threads in a new tab.
When you've read it just close the tab and you're back at the thread list.

Or read the thread list and middle-click all the threads you want to read in one go then go read them in their tabs.

You never need a Back button and you spend far less time clicking and waiting for pages to load.

It's the choice of Pro forum bores.

Graham, It's also the constant flickering of the cursor, refresh symbol etc in your periphery vision that becomes annoying. when it first started doing it to me, I did a virus scan, malware scan, thinking my comp was infected. 😡

Is this the same problem I'm having on my HTC android phone? Sometimes I hit the back key at the bottom of the screen and it just takes me to the top of the page I'm already on.

iPhone is fine BTW

Same issue Mac OSX and Safari

Same issue, same setup as GP9

No issue using my HTC phone with standard browser.

druidh/thebikechain you're a P so you might not be experiencing the problem for that reason ie ads suppressed.

That's why you do as I suggested earlier and just middle-click to open threads in a new tab.
When you've read it just close the tab and you're back at the thread list.

Or read the thread list and middle-click all the threads you want to read in one go then go read them in their tabs.

But why should I have to use a clunky work-around to solve the problem of poor site functionality?

None of the sites that I have developed require any such thing, nor does any other site that I can think of.

You are solving a problem that shouldn't exist.

That's why you do as I suggested earlier and just middle-click to open threads in a new tab.
When you've read it just close the tab and you're back at the thread list.

Or read the thread list and middle-click all the threads you want to read in one go then go read them in their tabs.

Not really an option on either the ps3 or psp, plus back button on the ps3 doesn't even require you to move a mouse and updates the index page.

But why should I have to use a clunky work-around to solve the problem of poor site functionality?

I agree entirely, but the "workaround" offers a solution for people who have said they'll leave the site because of it.

Besides, it's not clunky, it's quite the opposite: less mouse clicks and less time waiting for pages to load. 😀
It's how I've always used this (and most other) forums.

Not really an option on either the ps3 or psp

Yep fair enough - but you have to admit that is quite niche.

back button on the ps3 doesn't even require you to move a mouse and updates the index page.

In that case the browser on the ps3 is buggy. It [i]should[/i] give you the cached page when you hit Back.

Same issue here using Firefox on a Mac. Looks like the page is refreshing automatically every 5s or so.

You can go 'back' but you have to click the button as many times as the page has refreshed as far as I can see.

Fine on chrome, but I'm also logged in now so that might have affected it.

Aye, same here (sporadically), using back button on keyboard and in navigator arrow. If it helps any, my history shows dozens of pages of something called 'Doubleclick' or somesuch - I see the same name come up when I clear adware cookies. I just get round it by clicking, 'Overview' but obviously that's much slower...

Right.

Unless the admins come up with an acknowledgment that this is a problem and a commitment to fix this bug I shall implement "the fix that dare not speak its name"

Which is it guys?

Same for me in Firefox 15.0.1

It's a right PITA to be honest.