[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 46733] REGRESSION (r67261): Middle-mouse-release opens links regardless of "press" location

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46733





--- Comment #28 from Peter Kasting <pkasting at google.com>  2010-09-30 17:02:07 PST ---
(In reply to comment #26)
> (In reply to comment #25)
> > Isn't the whole point of preventDefault to give authors the ability to provide custom handlers for events that would otherwise trigger native ones?
> 
> Not all native events can be prevented this way.  It's important for browsers to match each other's behavior so authors can write code that behaves the same on all browsers.

After consulting with a bunch of different web developers, I'm inclined to reverse course and say this is still true, but maybe Gecko should change instead of WebKit.  There are other arguments for changing this I haven't mentioned but I'm not convinced they're strong enough.

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