Deep@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle to penalize “back button hijacking” starting June 2026developers.google.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squareA_Drusas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHell yeah. Too many news sites being you to their main page when you hit the back button.
minus-squareBrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI didn’t know this kind of thing was possible until recently. I straight up couldn’t leave a site because of hijacking.
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agolong click on the “back button” will list the history of the tab you’ll be able to select the search history (ay least on Firefox)
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOr right-click. Unless the site also spams the history to fill that list so that you can’t use it. Yes, I’ve seen that happen.
Hell yeah. Too many news sites being you to their main page when you hit the back button.
I didn’t know this kind of thing was possible until recently. I straight up couldn’t leave a site because of hijacking.
long click on the “back button” will list the history of the tab you’ll be able to select the search history
(ay least on Firefox)
Or right-click.
Unless the site also spams the history to fill that list so that you can’t use it. Yes, I’ve seen that happen.