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[BackToOpener] Probably use "navigable" instead of "browsing context"

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Description

"navigable" better represents the concept of a tab these days, since a single tab can contain a sequence of multiple browsing contexts due to browsing context group switches. See the warning box at https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/document-sequences.html#browsing-context.

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Search the repository for the BackToOpener explainer and its uses of “browsing context”; read the linked HTML specification warning box for the terminology distinction. Update the relevant wording to use “navigable” where it describes a tab, then check the surrounding explainer text for consistent terminology.

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Tech stack
html
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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