Comment by lmilcin

I love SPAs. When used correctly.

SPA stands for Single Page Application.

It makes sense when what you expect is an actual application. Tools that just happen to be running within a browser for convenience. The browser just happens to be delivery mechanism.

On the other hand if the user expects navigable, hyperlinked content, SPAs just get in the way of navigation and make users' lives miserable for no good reason.

I want to move forward, move backwards, make a bookmark, open multiple tabs. It is frustrating when the application makes it impossible when those would be completely reasonable operations on, say, news site.