Chrome removes Backspace to go back

Re:Chrome removes Backspace to go back by kijin on Thursday May 19, 2016 @09:44AM (#11730094)

> Use a browser that will warn you about losing un-submitted form contents before navigating away?

Most browsers don't do this. If you see a warning like that, it's usually triggered by javascript on the web page itself.

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Re:Chrome removes Backspace to go back by stephenr on Thursday May 19, 2016 @10:12AM (#11730307)

Safari added protection for 'unsaved forms' when closing a window/tab in v3, which was released about 9 years ago.

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Re:Chrome removes Backspace to go back by fixermark on Thursday May 19, 2016 @11:52AM (#11731119)

Great. I'll get right on installing Safari on my Ubuntu machine.

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Re:Chrome removes Backspace to go back by stephenr on Thursday May 19, 2016 @12:35PM (#11731437)

I didn't say it's available everywhere I said there is another solution (already working in another browser) besides removing a very long lived keyboard shortcut.

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