Last modified: 2014-08-25 16:07:38 UTC
One way to reduce the inconvenience of MediaViewer leaving extra history entries would be to not modify the URL bar at all. See bug 62266 for motivation.
I wouldn't mind this at all.
*** Bug 67146 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
People seem to find the permalink functionality useful for sharing, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=619407472&oldid=619394485
*** Bug 69977 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***