It needs to be made very clear as a web standard that no JavaScript
action can disable UI functions such as the back button.
A very common abuse is that when pulling the mouse to hit the back
button because you are not interested in a page, a hover comes up and
when the hover comes up, the back button no longer works.
This is a browser UI issue but it needs to specified that browsers must
not disable the back button in response to JavaScript. The web is enough
of a cesspool as it is.
- [whatwg] JavaScript Hovers and Back Button Michael A. Peters
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