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See also: the recent removal of backspace to go back a page in Chrome And Firefox. Luckily I have a 4 button mouse with dedicated back/forward buttons or I woul

by retox 10y ago

See also: the recent removal of backspace to go back a page in Chrome And Firefox. Luckily I have a 4 button mouse with dedicated back/forward buttons or I would be mad as hell.

amluto 10y ago
Good riddance. The problem with backspace is that it means "delete one character" unless you managed to unfocus a text box, in which case it means "lose the whole form and maybe hose the whole application flow". It was actively harmful.
- JBiserkov 10y ago
  As the joke goes: "The person who invented 'press backspace to go back' is still on the run".
- Senji 10y ago
  What you should be asking yourself is why don't forms behave as if the browser had the Lazarus extension (for firefox and chrome) already installed. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lazarus-form-recovery/loljledaigphbcpfhfmgopdkppkifgno?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lazarus-form-recov...
- aidenn0 10y ago
  The default behavior in firefox on linux is to go to a page when you middle-click anywhere that isn't a text box. This took me a while to figure out when I was trying to paste and missed the text-box. I never noticed until I got a linux laptop because missing textboxes on my desktop is a rare occurrence, but with a trackpad I miss all the time.
MaulingMonkey 10y ago
Ẅ̪͓́̐ͣ̔̏͜h̟͍̩̻͔̼̄ė͈̙̗ͪͩ͌ͫ̚r͉͈̥̎ͅe̥̥̻̹͓̘̋̏͆̓̽͢ ̸͖̞͚̖̒̉̈ͥ̌̚ͅo̵̬ͪ̌h͐ͧ̀͒͑̓ͨ ̢̖̜͙̺̺̏w̱̺͙͖̖̤ͤ͂̊̊ͨ͌̽ͅh͔̪̱̝̣̰̽ͮͩͧ̈́͢ḙ͉͓͉̖̩̰̋̀̽̚r͛͌҉̫̤̘͚e̐̄ͤ͆̓ͣͅ ̑̒̍̓̑͘h̫̤̭̥̜̦̪͐̋̏̚a̡s̞̝̳̅ͥ ̨m̡̻̮̞̗̥͖ͩy͚̘͖ͅ ҉̫̱͇b͙̥̠͈̂́͐ͮâ̦̗̙͙̲̦̹̕cͫ҉̘͕̹̖k̟̠s͔͌͛ͦp̲̝a̷̞̫͓̰̫̫̍̏ͣͦͨͩͅc͕̩ͤ̀ę͍̯͈̂̇̉̏̊͂ͭ ̯̠̼̹̭́ǵ̞̱ơ̞͙͓̱̩̳̺̑̆̆ͣͭ͑͆n͏̫̲͙͔̟̝͖ẹ͈̭͚ͯ̄̕ͅ?̸̒!̬̱͎̓͂ͅ?̳̰̭̫̽̈̔ͧ̚͞ͅ . The info popup to inform me that Alt+Left is an alternative was a nice touch, though. I'm still adjusting...
NamTaf 10y ago
Cock! That's why it no longer works for me! It was so much easier when I was being lazy because it was a relatively big button I could just absent-mindedly mash when I was leaning on my desk with both of my hands. I'm the guy in the xkcd comic

by retox 10y ago

See also: the recent removal of backspace to go back a page in Chrome And Firefox. Luckily I have a 4 button mouse with dedicated back/forward buttons or I would be mad as hell.

amluto 10y ago

Good riddance. The problem with backspace is that it means "delete one character" unless you managed to unfocus a text box, in which case it means "lose the whole form and maybe hose the whole application flow". It was actively harmful.

JBiserkov 10y ago
As the joke goes: "The person who invented 'press backspace to go back' is still on the run".
Senji 10y ago
What you should be asking yourself is why don't forms behave as if the browser had the Lazarus extension (for firefox and chrome) already installed. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lazarus-form-recovery/loljledaigphbcpfhfmgopdkppkifgno?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lazarus-form-recov...
aidenn0 10y ago
The default behavior in firefox on linux is to go to a page when you middle-click anywhere that isn't a text box. This took me a while to figure out when I was trying to paste and missed the text-box. I never noticed until I got a linux laptop because missing textboxes on my desktop is a rare occurrence, but with a trackpad I miss all the time.

MaulingMonkey 10y ago

Ẅ̪͓́̐ͣ̔̏͜h̟͍̩̻͔̼̄ė͈̙̗ͪͩ͌ͫ̚r͉͈̥̎ͅe̥̥̻̹͓̘̋̏͆̓̽͢ ̸͖̞͚̖̒̉̈ͥ̌̚ͅo̵̬ͪ̌h͐ͧ̀͒͑̓ͨ ̢̖̜͙̺̺̏w̱̺͙͖̖̤ͤ͂̊̊ͨ͌̽ͅh͔̪̱̝̣̰̽ͮͩͧ̈́͢ḙ͉͓͉̖̩̰̋̀̽̚r͛͌҉̫̤̘͚e̐̄ͤ͆̓ͣͅ ̑̒̍̓̑͘h̫̤̭̥̜̦̪͐̋̏̚a̡s̞̝̳̅ͥ ̨m̡̻̮̞̗̥͖ͩy͚̘͖ͅ ҉̫̱͇b͙̥̠͈̂́͐ͮâ̦̗̙͙̲̦̹̕cͫ҉̘͕̹̖k̟̠s͔͌͛ͦp̲̝a̷̞̫͓̰̫̫̍̏ͣͦͨͩͅc͕̩ͤ̀ę͍̯͈̂̇̉̏̊͂ͭ ̯̠̼̹̭́ǵ̞̱ơ̞͙͓̱̩̳̺̑̆̆ͣͭ͑͆n͏̫̲͙͔̟̝͖ẹ͈̭͚ͯ̄̕ͅ?̸̒!̬̱͎̓͂ͅ?̳̰̭̫̽̈̔ͧ̚͞ͅ . The info popup to inform me that Alt+Left is an alternative was a nice touch, though. I'm still adjusting...

NamTaf 10y ago

Cock! That's why it no longer works for me! It was so much easier when I was being lazy because it was a relatively big button I could just absent-mindedly mash when I was leaning on my desk with both of my hands. I'm the guy in the xkcd comic