goto first new post broken with Chrome on Windows?

[frcguy]

Having the same issue with Chrome on Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.10.

[Monochron]

Same issue (it never resolved from a couple of months ago) on Chrome on Windows 7 and Windows 10. Trying clearing cache and history to no result. Win 10 machine was purchased recently and had the issue on first boot up.

For what it's worth, occasionally it does go to the right spot, just not all the time.

[Toatekua]

Whenever this happens in Chrome I suggest doing a browser reset. Going to the chrome settings and going all the way to the bottom, clicking show advanced settings, and scrolling further. Click on reset settings.

This won't delete anything, and will disable your extensions, which is probably the cause of the issue. It usually ends up being Adblock Plus if that's installed.

You guys can trust me, I'm a Chrome Rising Star on the Google Product Forums. What I'm saying here is what those guys will say too.

[sanddrag]

Given that the problem persists across different browsers and devices, I'm thinking it's not a browser-side problem. So, how do we send this up the ladder to someone who can look into it deeper? There's clearly several of us who are having the problem.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Given that the problem persists across different browsers and devices, I'm thinking it's not a browser-side problem. So, how do we send this up the ladder to someone who can look into it deeper? There's clearly several of us who are having the problem.

Sent up the ladder. Sometimes a PM can bring attention to the problem in ways that a half-buried thread can't.

[Brandon Martus]

Thanks for the PM EricH.

I'll take a look at this sometime this weekend.

[Brandon Martus]

I'm having trouble reproducing this issue. If someone has this happening, can you reply with a screenshot of when the page loads, as well as the URL you are on? Thanks.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

I'm having trouble reproducing this issue. If someone has this happening, can you reply with a screenshot of when the page loads, as well as the URL you are on? Thanks.

See attached, going from Portal just now. (Blocked out a couple of tabs)
And another from the "first unread" on the thread, same thing.

BTW, this is Firefox 50.1.0, operating on Windows 10 Home with everything up to date.

[cgmv123]

Chrome 55 on Windows 10

[engunneer]

i've been experimenting with what i need to do to fix this (happens to me on firefox too). Deleting the sessionhash cookie helps. I think it is somehow used to calculate what anchor to link to when navigating the goto=newpost links on the portal page. Incidentally, I only ever browse from the portal page, so maybe this doesn't happen in the forums proper. Might be a bug with whatever engine generates the postid?

[MrForbes]

it's not working right for me...has not been for months....but it seems to be that when there are more than one page, it gets stuck on the first page? It does go to the first unread post on short threads, usually.

Sure is an annoying problem, that didn't used to be there.

I'm using firefox on win 7, and between when the problem started and now, I am running a new installation of windows and of firefox.

[bdaroz]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

it's not working right for me...has not been for months....but it seems to be that when there are more than one page, it gets stuck on the first page? It does go to the first unread post on short threads, usually.

Not much to add except "me too". I find myself all too often clicking the link to goto the last post and scrolling up especially on very large threads.