- From: Chaals McCathieNevile <w3b@chaals.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:38:28 +0200
- To: Andri Sævar Sigríksson <ass57@hi.is>, "Bjoern Hoehrmann" <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: whatwg@whatwg.org
On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:03:48 +0200, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> wrote: > * Andri Sævar Sigríksson wrote: >> suggestion >> >> Boolean value >> >> implemented as Window.nobackspace or Navigator.nobackspace >> >> if set to true the browser would not accept the key press on backspace >> as a signal to go to the previous page > > Why would users want that? Generally it isn't a very nice thing for users not to go back. It's a pretty fundamental part of the way we navigate the web. Redirecting the back button somewhere else because of a strange forward navigation path might happen, but breaking the general expectation isn't usually a good idea. Also, the fact that we have an inelegant way of doing something isn't necessarily an argument to make it easier. If it's a really common thing to do, then it makes sense to simplify it. But if it is a weird edge case, then duplicating stuff is a good way to let bugs creep into implementations, which come at the expense of doing something more useful... cheers -- Chaals - standards declaimer
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