It's really not that bad. The big problem was historically the buttons were labeled "Cancel" or "Ok", and some browsers allowed pages to customize the button la

It's really not that bad. The big problem was historically the buttons were labeled "Cancel" or "Ok", and some browsers allowed pages to customize the button labels, making which you clicked very ambiguous. Browsers today just giving "Stay on this page" and "Leave this page" buttons aren't really much of a bother if you remember how bad it used to be.