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Re:Ask HN: What is the word for reinventing browser features... by borplk on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @10:56AM (#12636006)
I'm not aware of a specific catchy word that precisely describes that but I can imagine it would be useful to have one.

You could describe it in sentences though. Like, breaking standard browser features is not a good thing. Also it's really really hard but still possible to create single page applications that don't break those features and support direct links and back/forward buttons and everything.

So in a way they are being lazy or biting more than they can chew.

Re:Ask HN: What is the word for reinventing browser features... by tboyd47 on Sunday October 09, 2016 @06:43PM (#12673978)
Found it: "false affordance." See my other comment below.