Forum Format

[Semiretired]

Recently (last couple of days) the format for the forums functionality has changed - when you hit the go back one page button in the web browser - it can't - I am assuming some type of framed format has been created, which causes several pages to be created or one page is created in parts (depending upon how you want to look at it). In some cases you have to hit the go back one page 4 or 5 times to get it to go back.

Yahoo adopted this for a while, but later abandoned it due to difficulties for the users. It was originally adopted because it made it easier to load ads, but it added to users complexity and even made it confusing for many...

Is this going to be a regular thing now?

 

[Beamslider]

The back button is working for me in chrome. There is also a return icon in the bottom left of the screen


Have you tried clearing browser cache

 

[Marc411]

Firefox wasn't working for the past couple days but it seems to be fixed.

Beamslider, I don't see the button on Firefox.

 

[Beamslider]

My mistake on the back button as I never actually pushed it. It looks like a back button but is actually reply to thread button,

 

[Marc411]

No biggie Beamslider, I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't losing it

Back button isn't working again.

 

[Maytwin]

No biggie Beamslider, I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't losing it

Back button isn't working again.

I'm having to press back button x6 to get it to work (Firefox) and it's becoming something of a PITA

 

[retired1]

For those of you that are having issues with the back button, please list the following.

1. Browser (include the version)
2. Addons installed
3. Operating system
4. ECF Theme being used

 

[Marc411]

Firefox 56.0.1 (64 bit)
Adobe Flash (considered an addon to Firefox)
Windows 10 (Operating System shouldn't matter)
Original Dark
Test on other forums and the back button works

 

[retired1]

Firefox 56.0.1 (64 bit)
Adobe Flash (considered an addon to Firefox)
Windows 10 (Operating System shouldn't matter)
Original Dark
Test on other forums and the back button works

Adobe Flash is most likely a non-issue as Firefox no longer supports it. If you look in your addons, it won't even be listed any longer. (Shockwave Flash is a different animal).
Are there any other addons? (Adblocker, Ghostery, etc.)

 

[Marc411]

Adobe is supported and listed as an addon (they call it Shockwave Flash). As a matter of fact Firefox (browser notifications) prompted me to update several months ago. It not a flash problem as all other forums work, it worked here until the upgrades and I have been running the latest version for months.

Additionally, Firefox indicates when an addon is no longer supported, as you can see it is still supported.

 

[Letitia]

I log on with Chrome, dark material and having no issues. I do have adblock installed.

 

[retired1]

Again, Shockwave Flash is not Adobe Flash. They're two totally different animals.

If you go here, you'll find that it will ask you to install Adobe Flash.

Boomshine

Firefox no longer supports Adobe Flash Player. They killed NPAPI with Firefox 52, which essentially killed Adobe Flash, Silverlight and all other addons that used NPAPI.

 

[Marc411]

My apologies for using the wrong term for flash addon I use retired1.

The back button doesn't work so I see no need to debate flash for firefox.

 

[retired1]

And again, do you have any additional addons installed?

 

[Marc411]

Nope

 

[retired1]

Strange. I'm having no issues at all with any of the themes and back button (either on the browser or using the mouse side button).

Press CTRL-F5 to do a hard refresh. Does the issue persist after that?

 

[Marc411]

Yep

 

[Marc411]

It's a reoccurring problem that is only occurring on ECF, no other forums I visit and there are quite a few. I have cleared the cache and restarted the browser many times, did a hard refresh and the problem persists. It went away for a couple hours yesterday but is reoccurring again.

 

[Jingles]

I am not having any problem going back, but wondering if this is related to the Adobe Flash player update warning that I am getting. I have a thread on that if you're interested in that problem. My problem did start a couple of days ago too!

 

[Maytwin]

For those of you that are having issues with the back button, please list the following.

1. Browser (include the version)
2. Addons installed
3. Operating system
4. ECF Theme being used

1. Firefox 56.0 (32 bit)
2. OpenH264 Video Codec supplied by Cisco Systems Inc
Widevine Content Decryption Module provided by Google Inc
Shockwave Flash 27.0 r0
3. Windows 10 (up to date)
4. Aluminium or E-CigaretteForum (back button acting up in both)

Also have ABP installed as an extension but disabled on ECF.