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Returning/navigating back absolutely takes you back exactly where you were. It’s broken because the whole page is now being rendered in js and that forces a re-
by 8ytecoder 4y ago
Returning/navigating back absolutely takes you back exactly where you were. It’s broken because the whole page is now being rendered in js and that forces a re-render. SPA misuse has ruined web to the extent we’ve forgotten what it was like to have proper navigation before all the history hijacking and complete rerendering jazz.
- jameshart 4y agoOn the other hand, after opening a bunch of tool windows and documents to copy-paste between in photoshop or blender or whatever, users don’t expect a ‘back button’ to take them back to the previous window layout state. They might expect a back button to navigate among which window is in the foreground, or between view/zoom positions. Consider the possibility that some web applications might actually benefit from acting more like that.
- 8ytecoder 4y agoWhy I said SPA misuse and not use of SPA.