From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Thomas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [RFC] Proposed change to EWW history navigation Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:42:24 +0530 Message-ID: <87sf1mz3xj.fsf@gmx.net> References: <3f46031c-3b76-0aad-c4a9-fbacb63ceafb@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12379"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jim Porter Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 21 08:13:40 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rcgnT-00030j-6J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:13:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rcgmT-0002hg-QF; Wed, 21 Feb 2024 02:12:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rcgmR-0002gt-9E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2024 02:12:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rcgmP-0006NR-DO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2024 02:12:35 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=s31663417; t=1708499549; x=1709104349; i=jimjoe@gmx.net; bh=MAINgqdFo6YPgZmqv6lReHciWDyRrAKJMqCVpTFaIyQ=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References: Date; b=C+eCpsjCSATjIop/EqHTNOgZnKbMfoO+9kh4U4I5xXqHSNaTDmt5TUwha0f/ETSE goDYHEJr1cIts4LfAwHHpx+x98YWt10l6xEluSBZmFNVoCGlVQ+R1VNPFSrTiuBVY fCBDu/+rmlcrHak+tx3LPfD/FB4WeCjPoq9GL1FMubn9K+aFC6o1HHnbazYiMQg85 TEGUnhyN0PQqbZOvFQPY7kLDn9OLea7lurES0ZJz0CGBRsHG2zO6V0qonr8Dg1bBL YMohHvDvqaMMy4SS6Bv+dAoexvXD3Kdc3+hCxY3xcMb4WbkKr8XS4bFPtxRIdnYT1 oVLICxj8yGhhFEYWjg== X-UI-Sender-Class: 724b4f7f-cbec-4199-ad4e-598c01a50d3a Original-Received: from user-Inspiron-15-5518 ([117.242.207.233]) by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx005 [212.227.17.184]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MPXhA-1rHK8c3J8k-00Mffo; Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:12:29 +0100 In-Reply-To: <3f46031c-3b76-0aad-c4a9-fbacb63ceafb@gmail.com> (Jim Porter's message of "Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:04:09 -0800") X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:Omr+Ix5uctQaku0JYjskkDEsFaSbHt8CfHUFukD9RuQSaavpNCB hRjCAHT84tiKmX/0NtrHogZ9tG0bn58mL8ba2v1rMi5QG/mrd28yytTkV2KSShOCcJ4Mqet PVg03ARQvHVAifWEHmjzcM2m8vgZ8alAdkLm+GrvtBnWHxk4S0SzjSvNWhGgseN/K+KpeXo Y5vGcpODb9bXAJXhbj+pg== UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:vkGilDpVkpE=;Yi94kWq08U7xEch0R8wGvUolhK1 r1B7Y43pQ6EGpJ4e/sdMsB1TbWh+PVk+fhWZneNIEiM7QRCN5PX5b658PdxC+nIPcVEiACy5U utMIlrLRrGCHSI+0KEZPE3sB4a+99q27xsjuTk+EcPMnXxQ8htRypYvTmYOyYML8FMX23nf3H 4p+N06Yp38TRImW2lcz8dEOZ1kT3IVlYs0rbzQFKY5blBhRa2ucN6iG2gDGnczWfvBSF0H+rS QGQ/m2oDFHf38wZ1Uu7ZEN9Cpl2jznV7t3J/tofrvNVc5yPjLJcTul1Xoy5GvWXqpvFcKJN4I w5ByfXfRkaWsVE300vEIVpErIjY9btLuciIE1J9X1Tp/2WT8ZeQdHcb7VL56ctIDZmURs+CX+ jx451dVrqW6a6OF1tUFQXLY6r1xla0ybGIdA+YxZO+IO266p2bpXFrUIPtd0jbnWwARefR4vf we5QK2Hbs+kltzCG3y4k+37WX/m3RaP1dPkAG1FPlvgyEeSuoqHXjjY42aWDSs4wUL/+2LL1h qqhyz7CpRbNvMms7DosBVnNgFnxMKm4Gj9WWGhE8XXWK8SK4ZFQnczPeAckQJUUnxBC+J7Ojk bLmyqUtpMNI9WuTMfGHQtJJeoGYqjLF6MNTqcCh1aS/2xIV3muTSZijQH7/BtVxCD3flWg2D5 YXdm/O1aVC/P/TlXMEPZt2t51jmOhQTAq23dJLBnho8SrEZmyRkxGhffA5Qgs8tl5PKFcIbHh Xkys8lWX/0etI3uh2tESykaqA20/gnT+pmCUkNtRVt/c5R2kVDR5AX11T/adbQz3nkeCULk9 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=212.227.15.15; envelope-from=jimjoe@gmx.net; helo=mout.gmx.net X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:316407 Archived-At: Jim Porter wrote: > Over in bug#69232[1], I've posted a patch to change how history > navigation in EWW works (read: when you go back/forward). Currently, > every time you go back or forward, it adds the current page to the end > of the history, even when that page is already *in* the history. This > means that if you navigate back to a previous page, and then forwards > again, it will keep adding duplicate pages to the history. This means > you can never reach the "end" of your history this way. (You can see > full steps to reproduce this over at the bug.) > > In my mind, this behavior isn't useful and is likely just a bug, so > I've changed it in my patch to be more consistent with other browsers. > However, since history navigation is a pretty fundamental thing (and > EWW has had this behavior for a long time), I want to be sure no one > is relying on the current behavior. So... > > Is there anyone reading who prefers the current behavior? If so, could > you let me know what you use it for? Depending on people's answers, we > could leave my patch as-is, add a user option to restore the old > behavior, or even add separate new features to meet people's needs. > > [1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=69232 Just wanna say that I'm in favour of this, and 'thank you'. The patch seems to work just fine. -- James