I couldn't get out of there!

berlinlife06 · 05-09-2007, 12:27 PM

Yesterday I was searching for a show that was showing in Spain, so I Googled it. I found the website of the channel that broadcasted and created that show, so I went there. But the information wasn't there, so when I clicked "back" to get back into the Google results, it didn't work, it only "refreshed" the page of the channel. I did it a couple of times, and the same happened! I couldn't get out of that page clicking the "back" button! I had to go to history and go to the google results. Is that legal to do? Can one program that on the website? I thought I had control of my browser, but apparently some other things can happen. Has anyone experienced this, or knows if this is possible? Thanks.

capitalist_junkie · 05-14-2007, 04:01 PM

That has happened to me a few times, mostly with news or magazine sites. I don't think the problem is on your end; I think it's something the site creators are handling. Still, I'm not sure how to fix it, or what exactly causes it.

aquariancore · 05-14-2007, 08:40 PM

They are loading massive data at once which virtually captures your browser's resources.

berlinlife06 · 05-15-2007, 02:31 AM

Mmmm. I have the impression that maybe they have some kind of "reaction" set up, like every time I click "back" then they understand "reload"... the same as with sites that offer you something and when you close the window there's a pop-up with more info about it. Once I found a porn page that kept opening popups after I closed the window. I had to force quit the browser to stop it.