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"Back in 9/26/95, the Backspace key was mapped for go up one directory in Windows Explorer. This could be the reason why Microsoft also used the Backspace key o
by Agathos 13y ago
"Back in 9/26/95, the Backspace key was mapped for go up one directory in Windows Explorer. This could be the reason why Microsoft also used the Backspace key on their IE for back/up a page. Of course, this is pure speculation on my part :)"
So this is leftover damage from Microsoft's bizarre campaign to fuse Internet Explorer with Windows Explorer? Why do I suddenly want to hurt someone?
- ygra 13y agoConsistency across applications isn't a bad thing per se. Ask all those who argue that emacs or vi keybindings should be available everywhere ;-)