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Problem with 'view posts since last visit'

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For the last few days I've been having a problem with the 'view posts since last visit' feature, which is how I've always used the forum. Basically, I go to that page (from my bookmark), and find the list of posts; I click on the first one I want to read, then use the back button to get back to the list.

At least that's what I've always done. What's suddenly started to happen is that when I press 'back', all the posts have disappeared and I get a message 'no posts or topics met your search criteria'. What seems to be happening suddenly is that the software is marking all posts as read as soon as I click on a link any any one of them.

I'm using Chrome - currently on a Chromebook - and have cleared cache and cookies, but no change.

Is anyone else experiencing this, or can anyone shed any light on what I might be able to do to rectify it?
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What a pain. I use Firefox and iPad and mine is ok on both.
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I'm using Chrome, no problem.
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I'm also using Chrome and no problem.
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Post by kevsboredagain »

I've seen that too but not often enough to pinpoint what has caused it. Not sure if clearing my cache for some other problem was the reason.
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Post by French Cricket »

I've done a Google search and found lots of other people reporting this for other phpbb2 forums - but sadly nobody has reported a solution!

It IS a pain - the only way I can read posts without losing the list is to open every one in a new tab :evil:
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Post by KathyG »

Would it help if instead of using the back button, you went back to your bookmark after reading each post? That's what i have to do since I got a Mac as just using the back button does't mark the post as 'read'. :evil:
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I'm using Chrome and no problem here.
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Post by French Cricket »

Tried that, Kathy - same thing happens.
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Post by French Cricket »

Well, everything crossed, I seem to have sussed it ... the culprit appears to be the Hola plug in. When I disable it, everything runs normally; when I enable it it doesn't.

No real idea why it should act like that but I wonder whether Hola creates a new IP address on every page click and so effectively opens a new session each time?
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FC, I use Hola with Firefox and don't have any problems with the view last posts.
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Post by French Cricket »

I knew it.

Hola's running a personal vendetta against me :P
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