Bad jQueryMobile Back Button

Bad jQueryMobile Back Button(uxformobile.com)

6 points by dottertrotter 15 years ago | 5 comments

chwolfe 15 years ago |

The jQuery Mobile team is considering removing the Back button due to usability concerns. More info:

http://jquerymobile.com/blog/2011/05/13/jquery-mobile-team-u...

dottertrotter 15 years ago | |

Thanks, I didn't see that. I tend to like the back button, I just think they could have done it better. I think I probably will end up putting together some type of array driven navigation, where I can provide the workflow ahead of time.

mrspeaker 15 years ago |

The problem is making the distinction between "mobile site" and "mobile app". A back button for a "mobile site" should (arguably) act like the back button of the browser - especially for devices that actually HAVE a physical back button. But "mobile apps" should act like native apps (arguably) providing breadcrumbing (is that a verb?).

It's a tough choice and a touch coding experience too (have you tried using the history api to cover the case where the user presses the FORWARD button?! ergh!).

daleharvey 15 years ago | |

I think its best for both app developers and web developers and more importantly users if they settled on a single set of idioms, the web is an application platform.

daleharvey 15 years ago |

is this really common on ios apps? the back button actually just goes "left"

there are problems with the back button, and there are some things you dont want to have a literal stack of pages (modal dialogs commonly), but the fact that it doesnt by default do a completely different thing from why anyone who has used a web browser expects isnt exactly a bad thing.