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Having installed iOS 8.1 on my iPhone 5c, iPad 3 and iPad 4, it's bad enough that the text size and color on this support site has become so small (tiny, really) and so faint (would  like to get my hands on whoever thought light grey was a good idea), now I'm constantly frustrated when attempting to search for a subject, return to a subject category after reading a thread, etc.  For instance, I want to look at problems with Safari. So I choose ipad>using iPad>Safari (chose Safari from the subject headings that one can scroll through at the top of the list of topics)>read a post. But when I try to return to the list of Safari-related threads by choosing the Back button, instead it goes back to the combined subject list and have to scroll across to the Safari subject category again, which again starts from the beginning of the list of topics, not to where I left off gong down the list. I tried the other possibilities (return to Using IPad, etc.), no joy. Am I missing something here? I just want to search for a subject, read applicable threads, and when done with a thread return to the previous page at the spot on that page where I left off.
I have been using these discussions long enough to remember when the postings were organized logically and after reading a thread, hitting the Back button returned to the exact spot I'd been linking from to get there. It seems like each "upgrade" to the site has made it less and less logical functionally. Simultaneous to those changes has been the inability of Safari to return to ANY previously accessed webpage at the spot where I left off reading, instead going back to the top of said webpage instead.
IF someone can show me the error in my thought process here I would be only too happy to be proven wrong.

Answer 1

Demo, All the clearing and resetting isn't fixing the problem. Out of curiosity, after reading your post, I checked out the issue on my MacBook Pro, and Safari has the same problem of not returning to the previous page under the selected catagory Safari, for instance, from which I had clicked the link to read the particular thread. I see another poster is having the same problem. Can't imagine why it's working for you.
I just now also tested the problem with the Mercury browser, and had the same problem! So it appears it may not be a Safari problem but rather an Apple web design problem. Looks like it's time for an email to Apple Feedback, though  frankly, I don't hold out much hope for help from that avenue as Apple of late seems intent on marching to the beat of their own drums rather than listening to their customers.
As to how the site as a whole is designed, bottom line, it's Apple's responsibility to test and give their stamp of approval before anything is implemented, so while they may have subbed out their website design, the buck stops on Apple's desk for any problems.
I spent my early-adult years (many years ago) as an executive secretary, and I can say that if you can set up and use efficiently a filing system for piles of paperwork you develop an inherent understanding of how data bases and Search functions should work. There's just no logic to this website any more! I can only guess that the designers never had  to do any "real" hands-on filing.
Re keeping multiple tabs open, I find that leaving more than three or four running at a time slows Safari way down, so I tend to limit open tabs.  But it's an interesting idea for following Apple discussions if you spend a lot of time here. I'm not using this site as much as I used to as it's become just so annoying to use on so many levels.