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re: Internet Explorer and the Backspace key

Phil — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:59:14 GMT

The worst thing about the backspace key is that everybody suffers from it, but only a few realise that it was pressing that (damned) key that caused their screen to loose everything and go back a page.

Most people think it was a computer glitch.

Hasn't anbody come up with a fix yet?

re: Internet Explorer and the Backspace key

Preston — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:07:35 GMT

This happened again today. It happens all the time. Worst shortcut ever and it really is why I use firefox (which is not supported for my co's vpn, grrr). Just let me disable the darn thing as this is clearly a recurring problem for so many. Textbook example of what is wrong with MS.

re: MVC Spaghetti Code

gerry lowry — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:45:10 GMT

Bill, you have some interesting ideas.

Try asking questions and answering too

at forums.asp.net; specifically the asp.net mvc

section: http://forums.asp.net/

You'll find many other useful areas are covered:

http://forums.asp.net/ as well as a lot of mvc

learning material at http://www.asp.net/mvc/

in general and http://www.asp.net/mvc/learn/

in particular.

Regards,

Gerry (Lowry)

re: Killing Windows Live Messenger Photo Share "Feature"

Eric Duncan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:47:43 GMT

Looks like I had an older version I edited the binary of. Windows Live just forced me to upgrade today (boo), which I was not happy about loosing my Photo Sharing hack as stated above.

Looks like the hack still works with the current version (listed above). Thanks!

re: Internet Explorer and the Backspace key

Eric — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:23:12 GMT

I am expressing my hatred here too. How easily the mouse moves out of a textbox on my blackberry and I hit backspace to lose my work. Grrrrrrrrr.

re: Sys.ScriptLoadFailedException when adding ScriptReferences

Swadeesh — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:37:29 GMT

Where can I put this code.

if( Sys && Sys.Application ){

Sys.Application.notifyScriptLoaded();

}

I dont have any javascript file. I am just using update panel.

re: Internet Explorer and the Backspace key

Jason — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:33:10 GMT

I found this blog when searching for a solution to a problem I frequently encounter. That problem is the backspace key. I do have to say it seems foolish to allow a key that is used for editing text the power to erradicate all of the text it is being used to perfect. It seems even worse when there are already several ways to navigate the web like clicking the on-screen buttons or using keyboard shortcuts like alt + arrow (which, by the way, makes a lot of sense...forward and backward arrows with a required modefier like the alt key to avoid accidental activation of this sometimes maddening functionality). I would really like to find a way to deactivate this glaring mistake. I've lost enough of my time to it and I do think it's high time for a solution. There is no way in the year 2009 that we should not have that option. We have walked on the moon and have people living in a space station, yet we can't fix the backspace key. Man....if I was employed by microsoft, I would be mortified to be a part of the company that ever thought it was a good idea in the first place. What a joke.

re: Sys.ScriptLoadFailedException when adding ScriptReferences

manish — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:16:08 GMT

@ Helen LIFE SAVER i have been tryin to solve thisfor hours now...and two lines of code worked!!!!

any logic behind this ?

re: Internet Explorer and the Backspace key

anon — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:40:37 GMT

yeah that backspace bugs the poop out of me.

re: Searching Outlook Emails

Brighton — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:21:55 GMT

I tried both of these "solutions" but both didn´t work, so I gave it up to use Lookout further. Instead I found another good tool, maybe you are interessted

www.lookeen.net

re: Human Interaction Amazes Me

Irene — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:03:17 GMT

Haha! who does these things...

re: Sql 2005 Import Data From Excel Problem

cool james — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:31:07 GMT

amazing! 30 minutes on other sites wasted. 20 sec on yours...and the problem was fixed.

re: Internet Explorer and the Backspace key

AVP — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:17:26 GMT

Ahh, internet comments are the best aren't they? When folks feel they can jump on someones blog, which they put their time into updating and what not, and rant and rave at one another as if it's doing anything more than degrading themselves.

Perhaps the first one or two comments turn out to be somewhat useful, then as they add up the conversation (which really should only be for comments related to the story) falls to the depths of childish namecalling.

Yes I see the irony in my comment.

I would also like to say that I truly dislike the un-changeable backspace "functionality" which Microsoft feels we should use despite our preferences.

Good Day

re: Internet Explorer and the Backspace key

ATM — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:02:38 GMT

MPF,

In regards to your backspace delema, I suggest hitting Alt+Clt+Del and restart your life.

re: Internet Explorer and the Backspace key

MPF — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:57:23 GMT

Hey ATM, what is that you think you are a bank machine or something???? Get a life

AMI, you sound like a pompous prick!!!!

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