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Amen. Just let me turn the sideswipes off in Safari. Ten times a day I end up going back a page without meaning to.

• interpol_p 10y ago
  I love the swipe-to-go back gesture in Safari. You can always recover if you accidentally trigger it because it doesn't actually go back until you slide the page off the screen.
  • spronkey 10y ago
    These two comments together cement why preferences are important in user interfaces.
    • interpol_p 10y ago
      I'd rather my applications be opinionated about the way I use them. I want a designer to think it through carefully and choose what they think is the best. If I don't like those design choices then I'd choose a different browser rather than spend time configuring one. (And obviously people make browsers for people who love custom configuration. Safari is not one of those.)
      • spronkey 10y ago
        Well, Safa is somewhat opinionated. What should I do if I like 99.9% of the browser except one small thing that infuriates me a huge amount? It makes sense to offer preferences, especially to turn off certain things like gestures. In this case, the designer hasn't really gone far enough in determining that certain choices they have made can have seriously negative effects.