Waiting feedback Browser Back Function Not Working As Expected

I've tested this in latest Firefox and Chrome and though I think I understand why it is happening, it creates a usability issue that makes it seem as if the site is broken.

If you start at the album list (http://www.sonnb.com/gallery/) open an album (http://www.sonnb.com/gallery/albums/my-album.125/) and click on any photo, then click forward or back and scroll through a few photos.

Then, click the X to close the overlay.

Now, try hitting back on the browser. The screen appears to stay static. What is actually happening is that the browser is backing through the URLs of each photo that was previously navigated.

Another issue is that with the overlay open, each time you click to a new image, the URL changes. However, when you click back on the browser, with the overlay open, the URL goes back but the image stays the same.

I'm thinking that there is a better way to do this. When you open the overlay to scroll through the photos, it should be a unique session so that when you close the overlay and click back it takes you back to the album list.

 

I see. I do notice that native Xenforo attachment viewer does not have this behavior. If I open an attachment in a thread and scroll through the images, then back works as expected.

Maybe you could just use this method?

 

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Working for me in Firefox, see above. In Chrome it just opens each image individually, though.

 

If you start from somewhere else, then click this thread, then open an attachment and scroll through the photos, then close the overlay, then click back, you will be back to the page you started from.

I realize that back button won't scroll back through photos, that is to be expected as you use the arrows in the overlay.

The issue with Xengallery is that if you start from the album list, open an album and scroll through the photos, then close the overlay, you have to click back several times to get back to the album list. Perhaps you could disable the browser back while the overlay is open, like Xenforo native does?

 

From a usability standpoint, I think it is better to do nothing than to create a situation where pressing back doesn't change the screen. It would be great if the browser could know to update the displayed image when back was pressed, but until this is the case I would recommend just disabling the URL history while scrolling through photos.

 

hello, just wondering if this site is using 2.1.5? because the back button functionality isn't working normal in safari 6.0.4.
It only stops working when you have clicked on an individual photo and the overlay displays. If you close the screen you can't click back to exit the gallery. it's the same on this website.. just FYI.
Was here to purchase but i noticed this in the demo version on this site..

 

I have installed 2.1.5 and the back functionality is still broken in Firefox and Safari.