Comment by Rygian

3 days ago

That's not a fix. It's a workaround.

It's a fix because it completely solves the issue on any site, without requiring changes from LinkedIn or any other actor.

  • My car leaks oil. So I refill it here and there. This fixes issue with any car maker and does not require action of any other actor.

  • Yes, it’s a workaround because it doesn’t require anyone to fix the issue.

  • >it completely solves the issue on any site

    It doesn't solve the problem with Instagram links, which in my experience do the following:

    1) Open a new browser tab, with no history. 2) Close the original tab, so I can't easily get back to where I was.

    • That's a different kind of dysfunction, though. You can address it by copying the link and pasting it in a new tab, or if that's not possible, copying the current page to a new tab and clicking on the link there.

  • It's a work around to them making changes to deliberately change the expected results of pressing "back"

    • It's also not a very effective workaround, because some of the websites in question end up spamming multiple instances of their home page in the history stack.

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