alt Hacker NewsA lot can be said for just putting a "back" button a page. I still do it occasionally for this very reason. Then again, my user base for the apps I write are the most non-technical folks imaginable, so many of them have no concept of a browser back button to begin with. I am not being hyperbolic either.
Thing is, the browser back button is still there, though. So now you have two identical buttons that do different things. And that's really bad UX.