why do websites, where you buy stuff, still need that “don’t use the browser back button to click away when you are making a purchase”. Have we not got a better solution?

Question

why do websites, where you buy stuff, still need that “don’t use the browser back button to click away when you are making a purchase”. Have we not got a better solution?

In: 52

Answer 1

We do have better solutions. You definitely don’t get that on Amazon.com.

The problems are:

1. Designing websites is hard, and it’s easy to screw up or use poor practices

2. Many *many* websites were designed years ago, and haven’t been updated for modern best practices