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I agree except for the back button. I hate how swiping to go back takes you back to a screenshot temporarily while the page reloads. I attempt to scroll up and down and interact with the screenshot until suddenly the page isn't how I remember it due to the reload.

It's such a terrible, terrible design and I check every new version in hopes that this would be addressed.

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in 10.11 it seems like this is fixed and the page won't always need to reload.

I'm fine with Safari, but the page refresh on back annoys me to no end

I really like this feature. A page redraw generally takes less time than the time needed for my eyes and brain to re-parse the page. When I have to stare at a blank page for a varying amount of time after having decided to go back, the entire navigation process feels very sluggish and slow. Using other browsers I find myself opening a lot more temporary tabs to account for this. Swipe and hold is also nice when you just need to go back to reread a few sentences, etc.

Most pages shouldn't need a refresh when you go back after a few seconds or minutes. What annoys me are websites that set stupid expiry times or Cache-Control values.

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