Google Is Fixing One Of The Most Frustrating Features Of Its Chrome Browser (goog)

jdonfro@businessinsider.com (Jillian D'Onfro), Business Insider
Sat, 05/28/2016 - 2:21pm

Business Insider / Jillian D'OnfroGoogle Chrome is fixing a huge pain point for its users. In its next big release, Chrome is removing the keyboard shortcut that makes the "backspace" key return to the previous page. This "feature" caused problems for many people who would inadvertently lose a whole bunch of information that they had just entered into a form.

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