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I actually use backspace a lot. I don't know of another hotkey on the keyboard that I can use to go back a page. If I space backspace it seems to alert me to

I actually use backspace a lot. I don't know of another hotkey on the keyboard that I can use to go back a page. If I space backspace it seems to alert me to do Alt + Backspace, but that doesn't function either.

kemayo 10y ago
It's not saying alt+backspace, it's saying alt+left-arrow.
- shakeel_mohamed 10y ago
  That's not obvious :)
  - PhasmaFelis 10y ago
    I'm not sure how you could get more obvious than a picture of an Alt key and a picture of a Left Arrow key.
    - sp332 10y ago
      Backspace is often represented by a left arrow. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=backspace https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=backspace In context, it could have been confusing.
    - DonHopkins 10y ago
      What does an "alt" key even look like? Is it the one labeled "option"? http://www.cultofmac.com/3147/opinion-apple-keyboards-need-better-key-labellin/ http://www.cultofmac.com/3147/opinion-apple-keyboards-need-b... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_key https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_key
      - PhasmaFelis 10y ago
        It hardly matters, since the Mac shortcut for back is Command-LeftArrow.
  - DonHopkins 10y ago
    My wireless Mac keyboard has a big key in the upper right corner with a left arrow on it. No way to tell if it's backspace, delete, or left. There's also a key in the lower right cluster that has a left pointing triangle on it, along with three other keys with triangles facing in different directions. Then there are two big keys on the left and right sides with upward facing hollow arrows on them. As well as keys with double left and right facing triangles on either side of another key with a right facing triangle followed by two vertical lines, and also another key with an upward facing triangle with a line under it. Not to mention the key referred to as "option" that's labeled with the word "alt" and a branching symbol.
bognition 10y ago
I use CMD+[ and CMD+] to browse backwards and forwards they work great
PhasmaFelis 10y ago
It's Alt-LeftArrow, which has been standard for at least 20 years. Alt-RightArrow goes forward.
- thiht 10y ago
  On an AZERTY keyboard, alt+left forces to uses BOTH hands since there's no right alt key. It's not a usable replacement to the backspace key
JdeBP 10y ago
It's interesting to note that quite often in these discussions the idea that no other key exists comes up. In the 1990s, keyboard manufacturers started adding "multimedia" and "Internet" keys to keyboards, including keys whose sole and explicit functions were to move backwards and forwards in a WWW browser's navigation history (or in GUI applications in general). These keys have obviously, even in this everything-in-the-WWW-browser age, still not embedded themselves thoroughly in the public consciousness. There are clearly sizeable classes of people who don't yet regard them as the norm; and people who still first think of keys other than those explicitly engraved for the purpose as the ones to use for it, or do not even know that such keys exist. To those who are about to miss the point: Yes, your current keyboard doesn't have these keys. You didn't regard them as the norm when you bought a keyboard/computer. They haven't become so established that you don't regard systems without them as deficient, as you very probably would regard systems without (say) a "Super"/"Windows"/"Apple"/"Command" key. This, even in a world where doing many if not most things in a WWW browser is seen as the norm.
- touristtam 10y ago
  How many keys do you feel is sufficient? Already the number pad is an extension that is adding a few keys. And a lot of laptop keyboard are using a Fn (function) key to access additional keys.

kemayo 10y ago

It's not saying alt+backspace, it's saying alt+left-arrow.

shakeel_mohamed 10y ago
That's not obvious :)
- PhasmaFelis 10y ago
  I'm not sure how you could get more obvious than a picture of an Alt key and a picture of a Left Arrow key.
  - sp332 10y ago
    Backspace is often represented by a left arrow. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=backspace https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=backspace In context, it could have been confusing.
  - DonHopkins 10y ago
    What does an "alt" key even look like? Is it the one labeled "option"? http://www.cultofmac.com/3147/opinion-apple-keyboards-need-better-key-labellin/ http://www.cultofmac.com/3147/opinion-apple-keyboards-need-b... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_key https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_key
    - PhasmaFelis 10y ago
      It hardly matters, since the Mac shortcut for back is Command-LeftArrow.
- DonHopkins 10y ago
  My wireless Mac keyboard has a big key in the upper right corner with a left arrow on it. No way to tell if it's backspace, delete, or left. There's also a key in the lower right cluster that has a left pointing triangle on it, along with three other keys with triangles facing in different directions. Then there are two big keys on the left and right sides with upward facing hollow arrows on them. As well as keys with double left and right facing triangles on either side of another key with a right facing triangle followed by two vertical lines, and also another key with an upward facing triangle with a line under it. Not to mention the key referred to as "option" that's labeled with the word "alt" and a branching symbol.

bognition 10y ago

I use CMD+[ and CMD+] to browse backwards and forwards they work great

PhasmaFelis 10y ago

It's Alt-LeftArrow, which has been standard for at least 20 years. Alt-RightArrow goes forward.

thiht 10y ago
On an AZERTY keyboard, alt+left forces to uses BOTH hands since there's no right alt key. It's not a usable replacement to the backspace key

JdeBP 10y ago

It's interesting to note that quite often in these discussions the idea that no other key exists comes up. In the 1990s, keyboard manufacturers started adding "multimedia" and "Internet" keys to keyboards, including keys whose sole and explicit functions were to move backwards and forwards in a WWW browser's navigation history (or in GUI applications in general). These keys have obviously, even in this everything-in-the-WWW-browser age, still not embedded themselves thoroughly in the public consciousness. There are clearly sizeable classes of people who don't yet regard them as the norm; and people who still first think of keys other than those explicitly engraved for the purpose as the ones to use for it, or do not even know that such keys exist. To those who are about to miss the point: Yes, your current keyboard doesn't have these keys. You didn't regard them as the norm when you bought a keyboard/computer. They haven't become so established that you don't regard systems without them as deficient, as you very probably would regard systems without (say) a "Super"/"Windows"/"Apple"/"Command" key. This, even in a world where doing many if not most things in a WWW browser is seen as the norm.

touristtam 10y ago
How many keys do you feel is sufficient? Already the number pad is an extension that is adding a few keys. And a lot of laptop keyboard are using a Fn (function) key to access additional keys.