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Re:People expect technology to suck because it sucks by LolWolf on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:00PM (#24591183)
On Mac the other default for navigating backwards is Cmd-[, if that helps any! (It's also a default in many applications for navigating backwards in whatever sense the app may intend.)

I don't use Windows other than for gaming, so I'm afraid I don't know if there are other shortcuts other than backspace.

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Re:People expect technology to suck because it sucks by jmholla on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:13PM (#24591333)
Alt-Left is back and Alt-Right is forward. Sadly, their equivalents on Mac are also for navigating to the beginning and end of the line so if you're in a text box you lose that control.

Your alternative is handy. I wonder if it also works on Linux.

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Re:People expect technology to suck because it sucks by fiddlerwoaroof on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:30PM (#24591531)
Command-[/] for history navigation and command-{/} for switching tabs are macOS conventional keybindings that work almost anywhere there’s a concept of history or tabs.

they may work on Linux in an attempt to support Mac users.

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Re:People expect technology to suck because it sucks by alsetmusic on Friday September 25, 2020 @04:45PM (#24593924)
This is backwards. Mac OS inherited EMACS keybindings.They work in dialogs, etc.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25275598/a-list-of-all-e...

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Re:People expect technology to suck because it sucks by fiddlerwoaroof on Friday September 25, 2020 @05:02PM (#24594054)
I could be wrong, but I don’t think these are emacs keybindings: although, the Cocoa text input system definitely is heavily influenced by emacs, both in design and in this sort of detail.

The emacs-derived keybindings use Control on macOS, the Mac ones use Command

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Re:People expect technology to suck because it sucks by leetcrew on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:09PM (#24591284)
fyi, you can get pretty far on the basic shortcuts subbing ctrl for cmd.
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