Jan Claeys wrote: > @ Arwyn Hainsworth Firefox doesn't go back to the previous page if > you press backspace while filling out a form, so there is no data > loss. >
to reproduce data loss: 1. start filling out a form 2. click somewhere outside the form (one can always miss a form field while trying to click on it) 3. (accidentally) press Backspace (as if you were gonna delete a character in the -missed- form field) 4. unless data was kept in the memory (try going forward, weirdly enough that's not supported by all forms), oopsie ;) > @ Toby Smithe This is not only about Windows users, but also about > those users that have been using Ubuntu for 2 years now (or linux > even longer), and suddenly it starts doing weird things. > I see your point. I've been using linux now for about 1,5 years (maybe less). I still think this backspace bug is a feature (hehe). I saw a comment that demonstrated this extremely well in one of the bug reports (someone was citing an example of data loss, where his/her customer was trying to delete part of a form but instead lost data in the form), but I can't find it now. that was the comment that changed my mind. before reading that comment, I strongly objected this pageup thing as well. sounds completely weird at first... Note that I don't know about the usability of the new shortcuts (is it easy to use them with one hand? etc) > And saying that shortcuts are not meant for [used by] average users is > denigrating. I agree. -- The backspace key pages up instead of going back in history https://launchpad.net/bugs/60995 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs