> We tried a few times
replyClassify history API, canvas etc etc as "webapp" APIs, and have them show a similar dialog to the webcam dialog.
Then I can just click no, and the scripts on the page can't mess around.
Yes Google Maps is great. No, my favorite news site doesn't need that level of access to my browser or machine, it just needs to show some images and text.
The back button itself feels overloaded. There's "go to previous state" and then there's "go to previous origin." In an ideal world when I doubleclick on the back button what I mean is: "get me off of this site, now."
replyI agree. It may also require some extra work to figure out what the correct previous origin was, but this will also help legitimate cases where sites send you through 10 different redirects before you get to an actual site (looking at you Microsoft login).
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