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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_RESOLVED bz_closed"
title="RESOLVED WONTFIX - Provide a way to disable history gestures (swipe left/right)"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149015#c6">Comment # 6</a>
on <a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_RESOLVED bz_closed"
title="RESOLVED WONTFIX - Provide a way to disable history gestures (swipe left/right)"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149015">bug 149015</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:sam@webkit.org" title="Sam Weinig <sam@webkit.org>"> <span class="fn">Sam Weinig</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=149015#c5">comment #5</a>)
<span class="quote">> In our implementation of this feature on Chrome (on ChromeOS) we give the
> page first crack at the touch events and trigger the history behavior only
> if the page doesn't consume the events (exactly as for scrolling). Why not
> consider something similar in Safari?
>
> Dima works on real-world Google web properties struggling with this issue.
> It's a shame that the swipe-from-side UX that users are used to from native
> mobile apps and in Chrome on Android can't possibly be implemented in
> Safari. Is that really the right design choice for users here?</span >
Yes. I think it is the right choice. Users should have a consistent behavior in the web browser. When they want to go back, they should be able to swipe back. The web page should not be able to interfere with that.</pre>
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