Travis Crump wrote: >... > On Windows, (Windows 2000), Window explorer(the file directory > navigator) maps the 'backspace' key to go up one directory which given > the way most people navigate directories is pretty much the same as > going 'Back'. >...
| David Dameo wrote us to let us know that the "Up One Level" function | can be accessed through the use of the Backspace key. We are grateful | to him for pointing out a function which we were unaware of, despite | the fact that we've been using Windows95 for 18 months. Thanks for the | correction David. | | At first, we regarded the practice as being entirely non-intuitive, | but a recent letter from Katy Mulvey succinctly describes the problem: | | I always get a little nervous when I use the "up one level" | shortcut -- the backspace key is just too closely associated with | "erase this" to be entirely comfortable. | <http://iarchitect.com/explore.htm#EXP5> It's disturbing just how often I have to quote from the User Interface Hall of Shame when discussing Mozilla's UI. -- Matthew `mpt' Thomas, Mozilla UI Design component default assignee thing <http://mozilla.org/>
