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		chopin on July 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The mermaid is taking over Google search in Norway Sites should be punished into oblivion for doing this. Why do browsers even allow it? Is there a legitimate use-case for this? I am maintaining an SPA and the only thing I do is trying to not pollute history. But I'd never try to block the back button.

ma2rten on July 30, 2021 [–]

I think a legitimate use-case is asking for confirmation before leaving the page when filling out a form so that the user doesn't loose their data.

chopin on July 30, 2021 | [–]

But this can be achieved with other means. I have exactly this on my SPA.

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