Thank god.
Chrome removes Backspace to go back
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Re: Chrome removes Backspace to go back
#482Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, it does. In the context of html in a browser, a form isn't a concept to be debated, it's a well understood element defined in the html standard. If an app chooses to not use html forms and instead uses something like contenteditable to create its own editing environment, then you likely have much bigger issues than the back button.
If I have a partially filled-out form that is really the query box for a search backend, and I hit back, why at the browser level should my flow be interrupted? That content was ephemeral. It's an application-level question, not a system question. Can only be answered with semantic knowledge of the importance of the user input.
Hence we have get vs post forms.
Re: Chrome removes Backspace to go back
#483Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Backspace" to go back was new to me, and just sounds like a terrible idea, you'd be accidentally deleting things all the time. Firefox does not have "Go back" accessible through the menu, although the "Backspace" keystroke works. Chrome also does not have a "Go back" accessible through the menu that I can find. Hovering over the Back button shows how to click to access history.
> although the "Backspace" keystroke works Does not work for me, FF 38. This feature used to throw me out of forms all the time, there has been a couple of years that it stopped. Now the only FF keystroke that annoys me is the CTRL-q for closing the window, that conveniently is just by the side of CTRL-w for closing the tab, and does not save the window state.
>does not save the window state.
Do any of these options work to get your state back after accidentally closing the browser?(1) Is control-w significantly different than pressing the x on the Window? Just curious.
(1) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-restore-my-tab...
(Might not work if you delete history on close)
Re: Chrome removes Backspace to go back
#484Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's nice for you. I use backspace exclusively to go back, and I use it very, very often. I have never once done so accidentally.
Me too. Is there any other dedicated button or shortcut that would work better for that purpose for us? I suspect there is, but I don't know what it would be yet.
ctrl-left arrow does it too. I usually right click with my mouse and select the first option from the list.
Re: Chrome removes Backspace to go back
#485Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's nice for you. I use backspace exclusively to go back, and I use it very, very often. I have never once done so accidentally.
Me too. Is there any other dedicated button or shortcut that would work better for that purpose for us? I suspect there is, but I don't know what it would be yet.
Alt-Left.
Works on every platform. Even on Android (last I tried years ago).
Re: Chrome removes Backspace to go back
#486Earlier quoted context omitted.
Me too. Is there any other dedicated button or shortcut that would work better for that purpose for us? I suspect there is, but I don't know what it would be yet.
Two finger swipe right.
OS and hardware dependent. I prefer Alt-Left because it just works everywhere.
Re: Chrome removes Backspace to go back
#487Earlier quoted context omitted.
⌘←→ too... Not sure why there need to be so many back button shortcuts. Glad they removed backspace.
Yes, and for what it's worth, I feel Space to page down is another oddball one. I guess it's for the supremely lazy who don't want to have to move their finger to the Page-Down key.
Right hand on mouse, left hand on home row... moving either hand to hit the pgdwn key requires an arm movement from the shoulder. Whereas space is already under my thumb, and if I'm not in a form field, has no other use anyway.
Historically, space is also the hotkey for 'more'.
Re: Chrome removes Backspace to go back
#488Re: Chrome removes Backspace to go back
#489I bet that eventually the "quit application" feature for Mac OS X is going to be offshored.
Re: Chrome removes Backspace to go back
#490I'm going to take a somewhat contrarian view and say, "Thank you, Chrome developers." It's always easy to tell apart the people who know shortcuts from the people who don't, if you watch them use their computers. Someone with a few shortcuts on tap will zoom around their monitors, switching between mouse and keyboard only when necessary. But there are a few shortcuts and user interface quirks that are too outdated an…
> instead it can navigate away from a page entirely, if you are in the wrong state when you press backspace This happens to me far too frequently. It's all to easy to mis-click with a track pad (another example of bad HMI), and if you defocus a text box suddenly backspace has a very different effect. Good riddance. I really understand why TotalBiscuit slams games that have dual-bindings. It works against muscle memor…
Dual-bindings in games? I'm unfamiliar with what you mean but am curious!