Its not like anyone uses them... I mean, when was the last time you used the fwd button in your web browser? its only the back button everyone uses, right?
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Why is there a fwd button in web browsers?
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I use it every time I'm browsing. Sometimes I'll get edgy and open tabs. Crazy stuff.
I use it quite often. Sometimes I need to go back an reread something on a previous page then hit forward to put me back where I was.
I rarely use it, but I don't see any advantages in removing it.
Anyways, they can be removed from some browsers.
Anyways, they can be removed from some browsers.
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I don't use the forward button but I use the forward function all the time, through keyboard shortcuts. Cmd ] or [ in Chrome on Mac or Alt -> or <- on Chrome in windows. Extremely useful when you're bouncing around the internet. I also open/close and switch tabs with the keyboard, really handy.
Sweet, I didn't know this chrome shortcut
Or, even better, you can use multitouch in Chrome to go back and fwd pages
Nope. And actually, I just used it right now since since I accidentally backed out of this page. I use forward as much as I use backward. Since they added the feature of the swiping right for back and swiping left for forward, it's been pretty effortless.
I use it all the time. I even used it to get back to this thread after accidently backspacing out (I hate that shortcut so much).
I don't use it as much as the back button, but I use it enough that I'm glad it's there.
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It seems that the only time one uses the back button is when one ****s up by going back a page when they dont mean 2.
