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		gregchapple on June 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: A text adventure for developers This is just a pet peeve of mine. I don't understand why you ask "Are you sure you want to leave this page" when I click back, or try to close the tab. I am sure - that's why I tried to leave. edit: fixed typo

danielweber on June 12, 2014 [–]

Because someone accidentally closing the window would lose all game state.

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