Go Back With Backspace

DOES NOT WORK! Google should be ashamed.

downloaded and installed. still doesn't work.

ridiculous that this is necessary.

doesn't work anymore

I'm glad to see this functionality restored, but as others have mentioned, it's pretty ridiculous that it has to be restored via an extension. I never understood the removal of the backspace feature, which had been present in every browser for YEARS before Google decided it was somehow potentially problematic. While I do physically have two arms & hands, I identify as a one-armed individual (OAI+) and as such, I find the modern replacement for [Backspace] functionality ([Alt]+[Left]) to be overly burdensome and discriminatory against myself and those individuals who identify as OAI+. Somebody should file an official complaint with the appropriate authorities, citing discrimination and lack of ADA compliance as Google imposes an unreasonable two-handed requirement to use their product. This is the opposite of progress and inclusivity! I like to keep my browsers light-weight and free of extensions. So in lieu of the much-missed native Backspace support, I find myself using my nose to try to press the [Alt] key. But as the keyboard gets closer to my face, I lose sight of the target key and often end up hitting [Space] or [Control] and thus, the desired result is not accomplished. I don't know if the genius engineers at Google's dev/testing departments have ever tried to use their noses for keyboarding, but I assure you it's not an appendage well-suited for typing accuracy. And the resulting callus is rather unsightly - resulting in negative impacts to my romantic life. Perhaps Google needs to hire some OAI+ engineers!

Constantly goes back two pages.

Incredibly dumb that this is an extension and not an option

Google you are the worst. I shouldn't have to download a stupid extension to restore a function that has existed since before dinosaurs roamed the earth. Google you are the absolute worst, I hope your corporation fractures and is scattered like a thousand splinters in the wind.

Wrecks page load performance, I was scrating my head for ages why my network speed appeared fine but pages refused to load quickly. Removed this addon and it's lightning fast again.

Could not get this to go back (let alone forward) with a few chrome resets and making sure the plug in was turned on. Going back to Backspace to go Back

Hate that they removed it as default because of some normies. Now, should be in settings enabled as Default.

Does not work.

thanks for UNbreaking something universal to browsers, right up there with INVERTED scrolling trend on the OS level...

Doesn't work

This extension should'nt exist. Just go back to the previous behavior, or at least add an option to let us re-enable the shortcut...

Extension works but why was this taken out in the first place?

Doesn't do what it is supposed to, Go Google !!

I wish the very least of good to come to everyone responsible for the need to have this extension to be able to surf efficiently in google's web browser, which some of us are forced to use @work :/ May google go eff themselfes

Another example og Google ignoring it users and removing featues, hangouts, listen, chrome.

This really needs to be a setting. A setting defaulting to "on". Delegating this important keyboard interaction to an extension is severely limiting and adds unneccessary complications to normal browsing.

Just as others have said, this should be a setting in chrome and not an extension.

You have got to be kidding me ... Who ever came up with the idea of removing the backspace shortcut need to be kicked by a mule... Having to resort to an extension by google no less is even more absurd, this extension is living proof it could have been done with just an enable/disable option in settings...

It should be a setting, not an extension, google.

Two step backwards, one step forward! Good job Google! /s

Shame on you Google for knowing better than your users and not even giving them the choice.

Very weird that we need a plugin for this. Since the plugin provide a basic feature that should be in the browser by default, it gets 1/5 stars.

Doesn't support wildcard in black list. This is really a no brain design.

Simply does not work, also the reason this feature was removed is bad and you should feel bad.

This was the basic standard function, shame on Google that has taken this out and provides a tool to regain the basic functionality it should be the way around.

Google, you're getting a 1-star rating on this extension because, like so many others have said, this is just nonsense. We shouldn't have to get an extension which will likely slow down the browser to simply use a feature that should have never left or been removed. Perhaps a setting or on/off toggle would have done the trick.

Should have been an option in chrome at the very least, no need for an extension.

So buggy. Attempts to navigate backwards when pressing backspace in editable text regions. And the website blacklist feature doesn't even work - add a page to disable the extension, and it's still active! Ridiculous.

Causes W10 to freeze up randomly

Google's removal of the backspace key without introducing a setting is a really customer unfriendly move. This shouldn't require an extensibility interface - it should be a core browser feature. This keyboard shortcut has worked since the very early days of the Internet, and changing it now is wildly frustrating; now I'm required to have Javascript bloat injected into every page I browse on...

Google should bring this as an option into Chrome Browser and this Extension is ridiculous. Don't make backspace the default behaviour and let the users that want it to enable such a functionality.

Listen to your users Google! The only reason I am trying this extension is because I keep missing what was perfectly in order in the first place.

This should never have been an extension, it should have been an option in Chrome itself. Default it to 'off' if you like, but make it a standard option. For those complaining that they have accidentally lost form text when pushing backspace, Chrome could easily have done what all sane browser developers did years ago - if you've entered text on a form and try to leave the page, prompt to confirm. It's Chrome's fault that the problem existed, and their solution is as stupid as the fact that they allowed it to be a problem in the first place.

Should be inbuilt to Chrome

There should not be a need for an extension. They should have simply made a toggle option, or a way to map it. Actually this extension does deserve the 1 star it's getting because it is a Google Corporation extension. They need to know what they did wrong. With how advanced technology is it's downright absurd that they didn't take the minuscule amount of time that it would have taken to add in a toggle function, or button mapping function. Google has more than enough technology to be able to handle something like that. Now, had this been a 3rd party extension I would have given it 5 stars because that would have been a developer not associated with google that was trying to help everyone out. However, since this is from the Google company its self.... it's their poor attempt to "right a wrong."So they deserve their 1 star. Less, if that were possible.

why the f i have to install an extension for something that should be in chrome already

Do you really need an icon in my toolbar??? PS. Not to mention the idiotic move to remove the backspace shortcut alltogether

Restore backspace. Modern day forms are recognised and a warning box will appear "Are you sure you want to leave this page?" Removing backspace is a backwards step.

Why do I need an extension for this.

on 2017, March 20th, 173,682 individuals downloaded this particular app just to get back to use the function that you guys removed without even caring if there could be potential users that are unhappy - or you guys just don't care

after updated chrome to 56.0.2924.87 m, it's not working any more... come on Google...

Please google fix it!!! We need our backspace to back. Else give another 1 KEY to go back..........

Are you freaking serious I got to get a FREAKING extension to utilize something that should an has been used as a basic keyboard function for decades. Totally ABSURD!

Sacrificing multi-decades muscle memory on the altar of newbies who can't use forms... wait what ? I do not thank you for bringing this extension, it should never have existed. But there is more of it ! This extension does not work as expected. You have to click anywhere in the page to enable the "back on backspace" possibility. You ruined my day, Google.

It took me far too long to realize that I didn't have something wrong with my computer. I guess that I just couldn't wrap my mind around the idea that someone would intentionally remove an extremely long standing shortcut. I am extremely unhappy with having to download an extension to have to correct an issue that shouldn't exist to begin with. I would also like to point out that when reading through the trouble shooting pages that pointed me to this extension it mentions that the backspace key was a rarely used shortcut. I am just wondering if you still consider it as such or if there has been enough hate directed at chrome for removing it that they might consider changing it back to default.

Shouldn't be needed, just put the original functionality back as an option. Until then I'm off to Firefox.