Re: Backspace meaning "go back" in browsers

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From: peter (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Backspace meaning "go back" in browsers
Date: 19:05 on 20 Dec 2004

> I regularly spend time editing large textfields (internal Wiki pages),
> and every now and then I hit the Emacs kill-region keystroke ... Ctrl-W
> ... augh!  Why can't Firefox check to see if there's unsubmitted form
> data before deleting the tab containing my work?

There was actually a bug opened on the Mac version about closing
windows on unsibmitted forms because that's a violation of the
Apple HIG, though it's worth noting that Apple violates it themselves
in Safari.

I think this would be a good idea on ANY platform.

There's stuff above here

RE: Backspace meaning "go back" in browsers Robin Stephenson 14:49 on 20 Dec 2004
- Re: Backspace meaning "go back" in browsers Hakim Cassimally 14:58 on 20 Dec 2004
  - Juerd 15:08 on 20 Dec 2004
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  - Foofy 18:19 on 20 Dec 2004
- peter (Peter da Silva) 19:05 on 20 Dec 2004
Jason Diamond 16:06 on 20 Dec 2004
Simon Batistoni 16:15 on 20 Dec 2004
- Chris Devers 16:23 on 20 Dec 2004
  - Juerd 16:30 on 20 Dec 2004
    - too deep to show
- Earle Martin 16:27 on 20 Dec 2004
- David Cantrell 16:46 on 20 Dec 2004
Smylers 23:28 on 03 Feb 2005
- peter (Peter da Silva) 01:02 on 04 Feb 2005

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