Ask HN: Why clicking on favorite takes you to favorites page?

#1

Post by yash8141 » Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 1:42 AM UTC

It is kind of annoying. I just want to bookmark the post while I am reading comments no need to take me to different page.

Re: Ask HN: Why clicking on favorite takes you to favorites page?

#2

Post by metadat » Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 1:48 AM UTC

It's because HN uses very little Javascript. So this is the way it works, a simple get request to an endpoint.

Re: Ask HN: Why clicking on favorite takes you to favorites page?

#3

Post by Minor49er » Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 2:07 AM UTC

metadat wrote: post #2

It's because HN uses very little Javascript. So this is the way it works, a simple get request to an endpoint.

I'm not on a computer to test this, but I wonder if it would be possible with the href attribute set to a fragment (#) and the ping attribute set to the URL where a favorite gets saved. I'm not sure if ping works without navigating to another page or not

Re: Ask HN: Why clicking on favorite takes you to favorites page?

#4

Post by metadat » Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 2:10 AM UTC

Minor49er wrote: post #3

metadat wrote: post #2

It's because HN uses very little Javascript. So this is the way it works, a simple get request to an endpoint.

I'm not on a computer to test this, but I wonder if it would be possible with the href attribute set to a fragment (#) and the ping attribute set to the URL where a favorite gets saved. I'm not sure if ping works without navigating to another page or not

I don't think the #-and-after portion gets submitted to the server. IIRC it's reserved exclusively for client-side use.

When in doubt I suggest simply emailing our moderator, TheDang: hn@ycombinator.com. They are the ultimate arbiter of these matters.

Re: Ask HN: Why clicking on favorite takes you to favorites page?

#5

Post by gus_massa » Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 3:58 AM UTC

Minor49er wrote: post #3

metadat wrote: post #2

It's because HN uses very little Javascript. So this is the way it works, a simple get request to an endpoint.

I'm not on a computer to test this, but I wonder if it would be possible with the href attribute set to a fragment (#) and the ping attribute set to the URL where a favorite gets saved. I'm not sure if ping works without navigating to another page or not

My guess is it sends you to the favorite page so you are sure it has been saved there. I think it can be implemented differently, like the upvotes that are counted without a page change.

Re: Ask HN: Why clicking on favorite takes you to favorites page?

#6

Post by alxmng » Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 10:43 AM UTC

metadat wrote: post #2

It's because HN uses very little Javascript. So this is the way it works, a simple get request to an endpoint.

The endpoint could redirect back to the same page.

Re: Ask HN: Why clicking on favorite takes you to favorites page?

#7

Post by Minor49er » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 8:54 AM UTC

metadat wrote: post #4

Minor49er wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not on a computer to test this, but I wonder if it would be possible with the href attribute set to a fragment (#) and the ping attribute set to the URL where a favorite gets saved. I'm not sure if ping works without navigating to another page or not

I don't think the #-and-after portion gets submitted to the server. IIRC it's reserved exclusively for client-side use. When in doubt I suggest simply emailing our moderator, TheDang: hn@ycombinator.com. They are the ultimate arbiter of these matters.

No, the fragment wouldn't get sent to the server at all. The ping part would though