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I am Paul Kinlan.

A Developer Advocate for Chrome and the Open Web at Google.

I love the web. The web should allow anyone to access any experience that they need without the need for native install or content walled garden.

AJAX Breaking Browser Navigation Buttons

Paul Kinlan

Many complain AJAX breaks browser navigation, but I believe that pressing the back button should exit an AJAX application entirely. It's not AJAX itself, but poorly designed applications that break navigation and bookmarking. Google Maps has addressed bookmarking, but some applications aren't suited to web-style navigation or bookmarks. More thoughts on this to come. Comments welcome via email or the comments section.

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