The current history implementation of jQuery Mobile is great for websites. Users can navigate between pages, bookmark pages and share pages via email or social media. It's an impressive technique and it seems to work great … for websites.

I'm currently building a web application using jQuery Mobile. The difference here is that I'm using iOS concepts as much as possible, including its navigation system. In iOS there's no back and forward button; you only have the buttons that are available in the current screen.

The real problem is that the current history system gives much control to the users. Control that I (as developer) lose. How can I guarantee that the application will work correctly, when users can navigate back to pages that might be changed or deleted, for example? These problems do not exist in iOS because of the different navigation system.

I hope you will consider making it possible to disable all history features and give full control to the developer. I understand that this is not necessary for most websites, but for native-like applications it's a must.