Why is it too easy to Clear history by mistake from safari in ipad2

I need it

Sorry, but I fail to see how having to launch Safari, tap the History/Bookmarks button, go to History, and then tap on the button to clear your history and then confirm that you wish to do so (the confirmation may be new to iOS 5; I'm not certain), is easy to do by mistake. But if you find that somehow it is indeed easy to do accidentally, you can comment on the matter to Apple via their feedback pages:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html
Regards.

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