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Go Back With Backspace icon

Go Back With Backspace

Re-enables the backspace key as a back navigation button (except when writing text).

Users300KCurrent public install base
Rating3.2Store average score
Reviews1,369Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
7-day growth0Net users gained this week
7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity
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Version3.0
ManifestV3
Size21.89KiB
Languages1English
Published
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Go back with the backspace button! This extension re-enables the backspace key as a back navigation button -- except if you're writing text.

What's New in 3.0:

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* Updated to Manifest V3.

Before Chrome 52, the backspace key navigated back (if you weren't writing text). Many people lost their progress while working online by accidentally pressing backspace and leaving a page -- so we removed the feature from Chrome, and created this extension for those who prefer the old behavior.

This extension can't restore backspace on certain special pages, for example any of the "chrome://" pages such as Settings or Extensions.

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Store average score3.2Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
Synced text average2.8Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text841Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews1,369Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

Store average score: 3.2. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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caiga shanterus2016年8月24日
5

Yo, all you geniuses giving this app one-star reviews because "the extension shouldn't need to exist," quit downvoting the extension if you want things fixed. The extension is a godsend because the default behavior is now crap. If this app gets a ton of downloads with five star reviews, not only will it show up for other people who would want this extension, but it sends the message that we want the backspace back. If people see this app is widely disliked, it's more likely that google will think they made the right decision by changing the configuration. Send this extension to the top! Let the world know that this exists and we might be able to get the change we want!

Language en
7 helpful · 6 not helpful
Lisa Ringelstetter (Lisapedia)2016年8月24日
3

Would give higher since it does do what I want it to do, but since this extension 'fixes' an issue Chrome caused, I will give it an in the middle rating. Should not have had to do an extension for a function that many more users than they realized were usinig.

Language en
110 helpful · 1 not helpful
T Thatcher2016年8月24日
5

Basic features like this should always be optional. I shouldn't have to add an extension to the browser to get back the functionality I am used to having. That being said, at least nothing else major was changed. A little 'heads-up' next time would be very useful! As far as the extension goes, it works great! Just like before.

Language en
1 helpful · 1 not helpful
Anonymous user2016年8月23日
5

What's with people rating 1 star for an extension that patches a broken update to Chrome! If your rant is with Google then rant at Google. I agree that chrome shouldn't dumb down to the lowest common denominator and that absolutely this should be a checkbox in settings. It could say something like "are you an idiot?" and if you select yes then disable the back button... otherwise leave the UX alone

Language en
1 helpful · 2 not helpful
Bryce Dunn2016年8月23日
5

Works as intended. Sure Google getting rid of the key was annoying (I run a beta Chrome) the extension shouldn't get 1 star reviews if it's doing it's job.

Language en
1 helpful · 1 not helpful
Yves Blain-Montesano2016年8月23日
5

Can't believe there isn't a native option for this.

Language en
0 helpful · 1 not helpful
Michael McCarthy2016年8月23日
5

This extension should not need to exist, but I am happy that it does. To the many people rating this as one star because Chrome should not have broken the backspace behavior in the first place: I am frustrated like you, but rating this extension as one star has the opposite effect of what you are trying to achieve. In order to get the chrome dev team to do what is right (i.e. make backspace go back in the browser by default, and allow people to turn OFF that behavior), this exension should be the most popular extension in the world!

Language en
6 helpful · 5 not helpful
Ваня Иванов2016年8月23日
5

збс

Language be
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Luka Golob2016年8月23日
4

For God's sake thank you Google! But why did you have to disable this feature? People were using it for decades..

Language en
0 helpful · 1 not helpful
Роман Степанчук2016年8月23日
5

Как сделать человеку хорошо? Сделать полохо, а потом — как было.

Language ru
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
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