Comments on: Tip of the day: Move back to the last page http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=698 Helping PC users make sense of Microsoft software since 1991 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Annoyed by Backspace http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=698&cpage=1#comment-9961 Annoyed by Backspace Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:42:55 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=698#comment-9961 This "Feature" is quite annoying. Occasionally I have been completing a form on a web page, and needed to correct a typo, and when I press Backspace, IE takes me to the previous page instead of erasing the text on the form. This must be a bug in IE as it is not consistent. Jason's suggestion of using the Alt + Left arrow should be the Only keyboard shortcut to go Back. This “Feature” is quite annoying. Occasionally I have been completing a form on a web page, and needed to correct a typo, and when I press Backspace, IE takes me to the previous page instead of erasing the text on the form. This must be a bug in IE as it is not consistent. Jason’s suggestion of using the Alt + Left arrow should be the Only keyboard shortcut to go Back.

]]> By: Phil Minor http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=698&cpage=1#comment-3297 Phil Minor Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:24:42 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=698#comment-3297 Yes, the backspace = back button is yet another example of software trying to guess what we want it to do. What happened to the good 'ole days when it did only what we told it to? Yes, the backspace = back button is yet another example of software trying to guess what we want it to do. What happened to the good ‘ole days when it did only what we told it to?

]]> By: Jason Looney http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=698&cpage=1#comment-1524 Jason Looney Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=698#comment-1524 Also handy is Alt + Left Arrow (to move backward) and Alt + Right Arrow (to move forward). Also handy is Alt + Left Arrow (to move backward) and Alt + Right Arrow (to move forward).

]]> By: Bill Godfrey http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=698&cpage=1#comment-1525 Bill Godfrey Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=698#comment-1525 And I wish it wouldn't. On my laptop, the backspace key is right next to the page-down key. Anyone know how to stop this? And I wish it wouldn’t. On my laptop, the backspace key is right next to the page-down key.

Anyone know how to stop this?

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