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>This stuff should absolutely be kept away from news sites, blogs and other web resources because they're awful enough already with their constant popups about

>This stuff should absolutely be kept away from news sites, blogs and other web resources because they're awful enough already with their constant popups about signing up for newsletters, accepting notifications and pitiful pleas to use their app I’m sure these sites would respect your wishes and not use this for nefarious purposes! You see, features like this would make the Web worse for 99.99% of users by enabling shitty websites’ abuses, while making it just a tiny bit better for those who insist on the subpar experience of running general purpose applications in their browsers. So yeah, that’s gonna be a no from me.

cyral 5y ago
The History API [1] already allows browsers to change the back button behavior. Safari seems to ignore it when the swipe is large enough to trigger the back animation though, but it is most definitely a thing on desktop. [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History
- jb_s 5y ago
  yep I love accidentally visiting Business Insider and having to click back about 30 times through clickbait to leave the godawful place