If you used the mac version you could always get the application/utility
called Quickeys which allow you to map any key combination to any other
key combination you desire. also you can assign key combo to a given
menu item. I'm sure there is such in PC/Nix land.
Greg Nee wrote:
>
> This issue was "fixed" a month or two ago, despite my protests. It break
> convention with other standard browsers, and it removes ease of use
> without offering an equivalently easy replacement. I keep hearing, well
> just press Alt-suchandsuch. That's twice as many keys, requiring
> considerably more effort.
>
> It gets pooh-poohed because it's an "unimportant" task. Certainly no
> glory earned here. However, it's the
>
> *single most used feature of any browser*.
>
> Requiring users to exert more than twice as much effort for the most
> commonly used feature is not a good idea. Find me a single button that
> doesn't cause the "confusion" we're so worried about. I'll support that.
>
> I mean, when you take this argument to its logical end, why have a
> toolbar for navigation buttons at all? After all, equivalent
> functionality can be had by just choosing the appropriate selection in
> the "Go" menu, right?
>
> If this isn't going to be fixed in the general release, can somebody at
> least instruct me how to map a single key to the "back" function? I had
> kept the previous .jar files for that feature for a while, until mozilla
> changed the format for its xul (or whatever) a month or so ago. Since
> then, I've been unable to figure it out.
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