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broadstairs:
I have seen an oddity but only on some occasions when using this site. I normally view unread posts and sometimes when I select one after a few seconds the page seems to reload on its own and after this the back button only re-loads the same page, it does not go back to the un-read list. It happens on random pages and I had not seen any pattern until this morning when I remembered seeing the same advert at the top of the page and it is a light green banner advert for ASOS. So could this advert cause this issue? I can think of no other cause right now but I am certain that when it has happened this advert was showing.

This time I reloaded the page and a new advert appeared after which I could use the back button to go to the un-read list.

IF and its a big IF adverts are able to do this it is completely unacceptable.

Stuart

kitz:
I'm not sure how a [google] ad could cause a page reload.   :-\
Google ads are displayed in an iframe, by which time the page headers will have already loaded.  I suppose there may be some way of doing in in javascript to cause a meta refresh, but it would require a specific page url to redirect to.. and aside from that the google ad code is all still in an iframe so it would be just the ad refreshed rather than whole page.
I'm not saying its impossible as I suppose if there was really bad code it could take you off site by using some sort of XSS /injection exploiting existing page code. 

Google ads have strict policies about auto-refresh and even site owners are not  allowed to display google ads on any page that would auto-refresh from code they themselves have inserted.   

I'm also seeing the ASOS ad today and Ive just had a look at the code and cant see anything untoward.

broadstairs:
It is very strange Kitz, I only see this on your site and as I said from memory the ASOS advert is the common thing. I wonder if it could be something in Firefox or linux? My FF has just been updated to V50 by an openSUSE update I just did, so I'll see if it happens again.

Stuart

kitz:
Thanks for reporting it, but Im sorry that I really don't have any idea what could be causing it :(

broadstairs:
Kitz the same issue has come up again and the ASOS advert was showing at the top of the screen, I am unable to use any back button or gesture to go back a page. Reloading the page gets me a new advert and then going back works.

Stuart

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