Outbound link weirdness?

[JBert]

It seems some upgrade was done to the forum which adds an explicit tracking step to any link posted. Or it could have been here before, but now when I click a link to open it in a new window, it just redirects me to the same Geekhack page.

I could just block the script and be done with it, but I'd love to hear if others have noticed it as well.

[whininggit]

I noticed today that trying to open external links in Firefox would bring up the Firefox popup blocker; something that has never occured previously (for me).

[TexasFlood]

Hadn't noticed that.  Sometime yesterday I got a database error when trying to access the site.  Afterwards the Forum Spy function didn't seem to be working correctly when I tried it but no big deal I guess.

[kishy]

Oh good it's not just me.

Previously, it was standard procedure for me to middle-click any links I find in a thread I want to stay in. External links always open in new tabs but for internal ones they don't, so I made a habit of middle-clicking everything.

However, now, middle clicking external links alerts me of a pop-up. Normal clicking opens it in a new tab, but first it goes to a Geekhack URL before redirecting away.

[didjamatic]

I saw the DB error yesterday as well.

When I click any links to external sites, it opens the same page that is already open, in a new tab, rather than the target external url.

Also, the spy feature doesn't refresh like it used to.

[ricercar]

Middle click still broke

[iMav]

Does left clicking external links work for everyone?  Does middle clicking work if popups are allowed from Geekhack?

Forum Spy is fixed.

[iMav]

Which browsers and which OS's.  I can click outbound links, forcing new window and new tab and get to the external location without issue under Windows 7 and OS X with firefox.  (yes, there is a redirect, geekhack is part of an affiliate program)

[JBert]

I'm using firefox 3.5.8 on Linux. Somehow I always return to the GH page right now whereas it used to work for some links...

[ch_123]

Still horribly borked with Chrome (Windows and Linux)

[kishy]

FF 3.6, XP SP3 for me

[ch_123]

Works fine under rekonq (KDE browser using webkit) so it's obviously a chrome issue.

I might try rebuilding Chrome from the latest source and see if it does the same.

[ch_123]

Works now... this is why building your browser straight from the svn every two days is not a great idea...

[TexasFlood]

Just noticed for the first time that right clicking and opening a link in a new tab opened the same geekhack page, left click seems to work ok.
Firefox 3.5.8

[ricercar]

Middle click is working as before, opening a new window rather than the original Geekhack page;

XP SP3 Firefox 3.6. <-- same machine that observed the unexpected behavior previously this weekend.

EDIT: Monday, links broken (still/again) middle click not working on the same machine.

[microsoft windows]

I was having some trouble too when opening up links to different Web sites here on the Geekhack Forum. I was using Internet Explorer.

[kishy]

Middle click is working as before, opening a new window rather than teh original Geekhack page;

XP SP3 Firefox 3.6. <-- same machine that observed the unexpected behavior previously this weekend.

Seconded, it's back to normal.

[TexasFlood]

Some links are working normally but some are prepended with like "http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?p={threadno}#post{postno}&_linkout=http{real link}", and those open up the same thread I'm already in, IF I right click and open in new tab or window, a left click works normally.

[ch_123]

I was having some trouble too when opening up links to different Web sites here on the Geekhack Forum. I was using Internet Explorer.

Sounds like IE alright.

Chrome under Windows still seems to be doing it. Not sure if it's the latest version though.

[microsoft windows]

This forum worked fine in Internet Explorer for a while. But then the links just started opening up the same thread.

[kishy]

Spoke too soon...it's working for some, not for others.

An example of one currently not working for me (middle click results in popup alert) can be found in this post.

Edit:
But it works fine when viewing that post alone...
View the thread it's in, then try it from there. It screws up when in the context of the whole thread.

[kishy]

Have you tried flushing your cache?  That did it for me.

That's done every time the browser closes and every day when I run CCleaner in my nightly CClean-then-Defrag process, so yes.

[TexasFlood]

Spoke too soon...it's working for some, not for others.

An example of one currently not working for me (middle click results in popup alert) can be found in this post.

Edit:
But it works fine when viewing that post alone...
View the thread it's in, then try it from there. It screws up when in the context of the whole thread.

I see the same thing.

When I view that post in the thread, the link in that post is prepended with "http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?p={threadno}#post{postno}&_linkout=" as I found earlier, and right clicking and opening in a new tab or window opens the same thread although a left click works correctly.

When looking at the individual post, the link is not prepended and all works fine.

[ch_123]

What browser is this happening in?

[TexasFlood]

What browser is this happening in?

In my case, firefox 3.5.8 same as before.  Specifically:

[TexasFlood]

FYI, just looked at those links again and now am not seeing the prepended material, weird...