If I open a new browser window and open a new page in it history.length is 2 in both Chrome and Firefox. Does anyone know why?
Test page: http://jsbin.com/amiyaw
If I open a new browser window and open a new page in it
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If I open a new browser window and open a new page in it history.length is 2 in both Chrome and Firefox. Does anyone know why?
Test page: http://jsbin.com/amiyaw
That’s because the new tab, or window, has a default page, which also counts as history. In Chrome’s case, it’s the apps/most visited page.
If you open it from a link, and thus not opening the “new tab” page inbetween, it will output 1.