#26880: "Do not "hijack" browser tabs"
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Detailed description
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• Please copy/paste the error message you see on your screen, if any.
If I am waiting for a game in one browser tab, and looking at some other part of boardgamearena.com in another tab, then when the game starts, it is opened in both tabs. If I was typing a forum post or a bug report in the second tab, it is lost.
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• Please explains what you wanted to do, what you do and what happened
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v84
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use a picture hosting service of your choice (snipboard.io for example) to upload it and copy/paste the link here. Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
If I am waiting for a game in one browser tab, and looking at some other part of boardgamearena.com in another tab, then when the game starts, it is opened in both tabs. If I was typing a forum post or a bug report in the second tab, it is lost.
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v84
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
If I am waiting for a game in one browser tab, and looking at some other part of boardgamearena.com in another tab, then when the game starts, it is opened in both tabs. If I was typing a forum post or a bug report in the second tab, it is lost.
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v84
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• What was displayed on the screen when you were blocked (Blank screen? Part of the game interface? Error message?)
If I am waiting for a game in one browser tab, and looking at some other part of boardgamearena.com in another tab, then when the game starts, it is opened in both tabs. If I was typing a forum post or a bug report in the second tab, it is lost.
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v84
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• Which part of the rules was not respected by the BGA adaptation
If I am waiting for a game in one browser tab, and looking at some other part of boardgamearena.com in another tab, then when the game starts, it is opened in both tabs. If I was typing a forum post or a bug report in the second tab, it is lost.
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• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v84
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• Which was the game action you wanted to do?
If I am waiting for a game in one browser tab, and looking at some other part of boardgamearena.com in another tab, then when the game starts, it is opened in both tabs. If I was typing a forum post or a bug report in the second tab, it is lost.
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• What do you try to do to trigger this game action?
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• What happened when you try to do this (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v84
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• At which step of the game did the problem occurs (what was the current game instruction)?
If I am waiting for a game in one browser tab, and looking at some other part of boardgamearena.com in another tab, then when the game starts, it is opened in both tabs. If I was typing a forum post or a bug report in the second tab, it is lost.
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• What happened when you try to do a game action (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v84
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• Please describe the display issue. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use a picture hosting service of your choice (snipboard.io for example) to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
If I am waiting for a game in one browser tab, and looking at some other part of boardgamearena.com in another tab, then when the game starts, it is opened in both tabs. If I was typing a forum post or a bug report in the second tab, it is lost.
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v84
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use a picture hosting service of your choice (snipboard.io for example) to upload it and copy/paste the link here. Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
If I am waiting for a game in one browser tab, and looking at some other part of boardgamearena.com in another tab, then when the game starts, it is opened in both tabs. If I was typing a forum post or a bug report in the second tab, it is lost.
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v84
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
If I am waiting for a game in one browser tab, and looking at some other part of boardgamearena.com in another tab, then when the game starts, it is opened in both tabs. If I was typing a forum post or a bug report in the second tab, it is lost.
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v84
Report history
There must be a less intrusive way of signalling that a game is ready.
Mutual friend was added back, but it took years.
There are only 20 thumb ups, apparently NOT many enough for the dev to see it.
U need at least like 100 thumbs up.
A medium suggestion: maybe there should be a flashing banner in the other windows when a real-time game starts?
This tab hijacking is REALLY annoying. I keep tabs open: tournaments I'm following, games I want to replay, some stats pages, etc. So many times, I find many of them hijacked when a new game starts. This is unacceptable. Please FIX this.
That way, you won't lose what you've written in your other tab, and you'll be able to continue writing without loss when the game starts.
The underlying attitude among BGA admin seems to be "we know better than our users about how they should go about searching for games and playing games, or even how they should use their own browsers".
Just look at the horrible new game listing, or the needless restrictions on no-time-limit turn-based games that can no longer be played as ranked games, or how the results of Arena games puts an overlay over the entire page that often won't go away, even if one clicks the dismissal button, thus requiring a full page refresh to make go away ( boardgamearena.com/bug?id=14407 ).
Another solution would be a special adress, where the game starting intrusion will end up (like the special page boardgamearena.com/play which is automatically leading you to the next turn based table )
Add something to this report
- Another table ID / move ID
- Did F5 solve the problem?
- Did the problem appears several time? Everytime? Randomly?
- If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use a picture hosting service of your choice (snipboard.io for example) to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
