Odd Bug with iPad and OzBargain

Flying Ace on 04/10/2014 - 08:08

I've been having this issue for some time and it's a really odd one that only affects ozbargain. I check out a deal from the front page, then when I click "back" on my iPad the site will load the front page from three weeks ago. It always loads the same old front page whenever I click "back" and I have to click the ozbargain logo twice to reload the current front page. Has anyone experienced this before? It was occurring on iOS 7, and even after installing iOS 8 it's sitll occurring. It only happens on ozbargain!

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  • jdf on 04/10/2014 - 09:30
    +1

    I've experienced that too…and it gets pretty confusing.

  • Amaris on 04/10/2014 - 09:43
    +2

    I see it too on my iPhone

    • akd on 04/10/2014 - 12:29
      +1

      same here for both iPhone and iPad. surprisingly it is same for Safari and Chrome.

  • retiredfeline on 04/10/2014 - 12:02
    +1

    Sounds like the device fetching from its cache. OzB site should really send an Expires header to prevent reuse of stale pages.

    • scotty on 04/10/2014 - 19:03

      The headers we send out:

      Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache

      Of course we send out proper headers. Otherwise users of every other browser/platform will complain about fetching the old cache after back button. Looks like it's an iOS specific issue — I'll take a look and figure out a work around.

      • Flying Ace on 05/10/2014 - 07:10
        +2

        Thanks scotty.

        In my case it always goes back to the front page from September 22 (which has a deal with a cute girl in a bikini - not that I'm complaining)

  • muncan on 06/10/2014 - 17:32

    I had this problem a couple of times too but it eventually resolved itself. Now I have another problem with iOS8 and iOS8.0.2 which I find really frustrating but it's not OzBargain specific. When I hit the 'share' icon in Safari, followed by the 'copy' option (ie. to copy a page URL), I don't get a paste option when inside a Safari textbox (but it appears in other apps). My workaround is not using this previously useful feature, and copying the URL from the address bar…. I imagine Steve Jobs is rolling in his grave with this travesty!

  • Olokun on 10/10/2014 - 22:27

    Same issue on iPad. Also requires login again.

    • muncan on 10/10/2014 - 22:47

      Just refresh the page every time you press back (it gets annoying, but that's life)

  • CI on 15/10/2014 - 21:58

    Hi, same issue on ip6+ iOS 8.0.2, super annoying, what a piece of crap phone. Any solutions anyone? Everytime I hit back I am logged out and have to press log in again !

  • Davros on 15/10/2014 - 22:02
    +2

    "Odd Bug with iPad"

    The Virus is called Apple iOS, I suggest you remove it immediately .

  • scotty on 18/10/2014 - 23:25

    I have added some Javascript code to handle pageshow event on iOS to force-reload the page when Back is pressed. I don't currently own an iOS device so maybe someone can test whether it resolves the issue.

    • Olokun on 19/10/2014 - 10:12

      Still experience the bug on my ios8 iPhone 4s. Have to refresh the page if I press the back button from a deal
      Back to the main page

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