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mlmonkeytoday at 4:39 AM2 repliesview on HN

But the question is: why are sites allowed to hijack the Back Button?!?


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josephcsibletoday at 4:42 AM

So that in single-page applications, it can work intuitively instead of always taking you all the way out of the app.

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filcuktoday at 4:41 AM

Because it has a legitimate use. As anything, the tools will be abused by malicious actors