Apologies for using the wrong term and causing confusion.
> This is not necessarily what users want (as evidenced by discussions on this post).
HN not being representative of an average user aside, I don't disagree. My point is that there are two different expectations of what should happen and they can conflict and cause errors.
> you're complaining it doesn't work
I'm really sad you got that impression. I'm fascinated and think this an architectural problem of the web. My post is an attempt to describe the issue and raise awareness.