The reason why refreshing your browser breaks HTML5 mode is that all the routes in your AngularJS application are not real. Release[Board] doesn't have a /releases page. AngularJS is using some clever JavaScript to make it seem like a /releases page exists. When the user hits refresh, the browser tries to load a real /releases page, which is non existent. I find this a completely unacceptable user experience.
...isn't this a case of "Duh. What did you expect to happen?"
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...isn't this a case of "Duh. What did you expect to happen?"
Yep. and the simple solution is a server-side wildcard route.