[Bug 60995] Re: The backspace key pages up instead of going back in history

[Joseph Garvin]

I can confirm this is still present in the Gutsy release candidate.
Everytime my girlfriend uses my computer she complains that backspace
doesn't work, because it's the behavior that she's used to on Windows.
Opera, Internet Explorer, and Windows Firefox all have backspace go
back. Has anyone tested Konqueror, Epiphany, or Safari? I suspect their
behavior is similar. I'm not sure what the developers mean when they say
this is for more consistency, and frankly since it's not immediately
apparent to me as a user, it's not a consistency I want or care about so
their reasoning is irrelevant. I would support Ubuntu going against the
upstream default. If enough distros do this, it might convince upstream.

1. Alt+Left still works, so going back is consistent in Gnome. Backspace
also working doesn't conflict with that.

2. Backspace going up may make sense for browsing a filesystem (even
that is arguable), but it doesn't make any sense for the web.

3. Normal users are going to see that it's the one key on their keyboard
that has an arrow going backwards. It's fairly intuitive to expect it to
go... back. Not up.

4. Page up is like a centimeter away. If I wanted page up I'd press page
up.

5. It's more consistent with other browsers.

6. Did I mention my girlfriend complains?

7. If the data loss argument was persuasive, Mozilla would be adopting
it for the windows port as well. But they're not.

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The backspace key pages up instead of going back in history
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