Recensioni per Backspace Enabler
Backspace Enabler di Mikko Hämäläinen
Recensione di Utente Firefox 17637585
Valutata 2 su 5
di Utente Firefox 17637585, 2 anni faUnfortunately this extension works only on half of pages visited. I can't tell you in which pages it works or it doesn't but surely it does not work in many pages, and that's why I give it only 2 stars. The creator should recheck it and correct it because it's a great help for experienced users that work more with keyboard and less with mouse.
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pubblicato il 2 anni faHave you modified the config file for Firefox? Do you have other remapping add-ons installed? Because they will interfere. Back button only works if there is a history to go back to (like back arrow) and it works every time. Some webpages block the history, nothing can be done about that. Since you are the first one who complained I assume these are the type of webpages you're visiting. Consider that, 400 people do not have any issues.
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- Valutata 5 su 5di Utente Firefox 13133424, 2 mesi faThis doesn't seem to work on all webpages anymore. Any chance of a fix for that?
Or maybe it randomly stops working...Replica dello sviluppatore
pubblicato il un mese faUnfortunately, it's the websites who prevented execution of the function, backspace enabler is using Firefox built in engine and cannot possibly do evil. Some web developers due to the lack of knowledge just choose to block whatever they do not understand. - Valutata 2 su 5di Miguel Garza, 5 mesi faEdit: developer response puzzled me, so I searched and found that indeed the functionality this extension provides is still part of Firefox; it just needs to be enabled in about:config. Change "browser.backspace_action" value from 2 to 0 (zero). And it works! Without the icon in the URL bar or need for this extension. So I'm still puzzled by the developer's response.
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Works well. Would it be possible to remove the indicator icon in the URL bar, or to make it optional? The icon appears regardless of whether there is history to go back to or not, so it is not really serving a purpose, and really the back arrow already serves the purpose of showing whether or not there is history to go back to, so the only purpose of the icon is to show whether or not the extension is enabled. Most people are going to keep it enabled all the time, so this is basically just visual clutter. Please consider this; thank you!Replica dello sviluppatore
pubblicato il 5 mesi faIt has nothing to do with the add-on, adjust Firefox settings - Valutata 5 su 5di Fred, 8 mesi fa
- Valutata 4 su 5di Bob Bob, un anno faWorks well in most cases, but it's unreliable in YouTube where I want to use it most (to return to the home page after watching a video). I find after opening a video, whether it is playing or not, and regardless of where I click on the page, mostly it doesn't go back. It does occasionally, which, as a commercial software engineer myself, I know is the most infuriating type of bug. So mentioning it here in the hope that it may be useful to the dev to be able to attempt to reproduce.
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pubblicato il 8 mesi faUnfortunately, it's not a bug, some websites, trying to keep users on their website even if you try to leave it. - Valutata 4 su 5di Mirko, un anno faThe plugin is great and compact. For some reasons it doesn't work with GitHub (although history is present and works when pressing back icon)
- Valutata 1 su 5di Utente Firefox 12224463, un anno faDoes not work half the time despite there being pages to back space to.
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pubblicato il un anno faThis extension simply cannot fail to work in half of the pages, it's either works or doesn't work. Half of the pages means it's not being used properly. Most frequently conflicting software has been installed. Same as if it works 100% for one person how possibly it will work only in half of the cases for another person? My conclusion it's a defective user. It's about thousand people using this extension and less than five people experienced difficulties. I guess be proud. - Valutata 5 su 5di Utente Firefox 16766066, un anno fa
- Valutata 5 su 5di mustafaHTP, 2 anni fa
- Valutata 5 su 5di Utente Firefox 17714019, 2 anni fa
- Valutata 1 su 5di Blizzardnz, 2 anni faIt only work 1% of the time.
I edited about:config and it works perfectly 100% of the time.Replica dello sviluppatore
pubblicato il 2 anni faYou mean you modified your Firefox config and expected this extension to work? You are the first one of 441 people with working extension, who had done something so dumb and then gave negative review. This extension only works on unmodified Firefox once you altered config it will not work. It does not work on cats, bicycles or pizza either, is it the fault of the cats or the human who was trying to do that? - Valutata 5 su 5di nickelsmifth, 2 anni fa
- Valutata 5 su 5di danusty, 2 anni fait works great. the fact that firefox doesn't include such an option is dumb, but thanks.
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pubblicato il 2 anni faWell, there was a big discussion to that, and the main reason Firefox developers decided not to have this option was because "other browsers removed that functionality as unnecessary already". That's how I see it. - Valutata 5 su 5di Queenie.xi, 2 anni fa
- Valutata 5 su 5di rcerrone, 2 anni faEDIT! It started working all on its own, no idea what the issue was but now it's perfect. 5 stars, thanks!
(I saw lots of recent reviews saying it works and I didn't want to mess up the rating so that's why I did four stars)
I've installed the extension and even restarted Firefox and I can't get it to work. I do have previous pages that I can return to by pressing the usual back button. Any thoughts on how to get it working? I've just migrated from Chrome to Firefox and am trying to find a substitute for the extension I had there.Replica dello sviluppatore
pubblicato il 2 anni faBackspace Enabler has event listener to monitor click on backspace key. Occasionally on the first run due to browser configuration it doesn't run after installation immediately (computer restart should do the activation). Once it's active, it sets configuration properly for all future use. - Valutata 5 su 5di Utente Firefox 16504263, 2 anni faLightweight and it works!
Would it be much trouble add a "Shift+Backspace" function for navigating forwards Mikko?Replica dello sviluppatore
pubblicato il 2 anni faIt's different code, not simple addition. Why won't you use default Firefox shortcuts? "Command+Right Arrow", that sends active browser window page forward. - Valutata 5 su 5di MonicaJ, 2 anni fajust installed, tried backspace on a site with no text boxes and previous pages...did not work so i'm removing...went to a different page and it suddenly worked re-rated 5 stars!
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pubblicato il 2 anni faThank you, yes, it will work only if you have something to go back to. - Valutata 5 su 5di dssfs, 2 anni fa