Freaking backspace last page!!!!!

[bazza]

Which complete blithering, knuckle dragging, idiotic twerp ever decided it was a good idea to have the backspace key go back a page when viewing the web?

Why in the name of all that's holy would you ever need to use that as a shortcut?

Never, that's when.

But if you spot a mistake in a text box, so you click into it and delete - but you've missed the click and it hasn't selected the box after all, it happily goes back a page and deletes every piece of data you've just laboriously entered.

GIT.

[Oggy_GTA]

Originally Posted by bazza

Which complete blithering, knuckle dragging, idiotic twerp ever decided it was a good idea to have the backspace key go back a page when viewing the web?

Why in the name of all that's holy would you ever need to use that as a shortcut?

Never, that's when.

But if you spot a mistake in a text box, so you click into it and delete - but you've missed the click and it hasn't selected the box after all, it happily goes back a page and deletes every piece of data you've just laboriously entered.

GIT.

Ah, one of my pet hates too.

That and the way that Firefox thinks it clever to get you to search in the address bar, when you've specifically clicked in Google's search box. Grrr. That's one less FireFox user. Hello Chrome!

[Gaz]

Works fine on a laptop/netbook

[Singularity]

Never even knew it did that, learn something new everyday

[MalcQV]

It remembers what I typed when I go 'forward' again. Well at least in this 'ere box

[AlfaDrivingFan]

I thought I was the only one who was being driven mad by this

[AmicusPro]

I think it's a fantastic feature and I have [intentionally] used it loads of times. Granted, there is the rare (0.1% unscientifically tested) occasion where I'll go back inadvertently but FF remembers what you had typed in most cases (it is partly, I think, down to the design of the web page though). What would be a good thing that might solve the problem for those less, ummm, loving of the feature would be a simple tick-box in the options to turn it off!

That and the way that Firefox thinks it clever to get you to search in the address bar, when you've specifically clicked in Google's search box. Grrr. That's one less FireFox user. Hello Chrome!

??? I've never had it try searching in the address bar when I've clicked in the Yahoo (I've changed mine) search box... What have you done to it?!? I've used the Beta and occasional A_lph_a (not a swear word in this context :P) releases only with main releases over the last few years (been with FF since about v2 or 3 I think). I just didn't like the Chrome interface last time I saw it and haven't seen any need to switch. Each to their own I guess.

[WTFH]

Originally Posted by MalcQV

It remembers what I typed when I go 'forward' again. Well at least in this 'ere box

Same here, as does Safari.

I'm currently running Aurora... 11.0a2 and just done a test - installed the new update with "restart now" selected. It brought me straight back to this post with my text typed up to Aurora.

I've also never seen FF/Aurora force you to search in the address bar rather than the google search field. Are you sure you haven't accidentally installed a search toolbar that looks like the address bar?

[WTFH]

I should add that I like the backspace to go back. It's useful when I'm on a PC. On another type of laptop, you can just swipe across the mousepad from left to right with two fingers to get it to go back page(s), or in the other direction to go forward again.