Wierd computer behavior

[john70t]

(or rather weird browser behavior)

I was browsing Pelican Parts and then went to my Yahoo mail page.
I typed in "john70t" by mistake.
Oopsie. I realized the mistake and hit [backspace] to erase the text.

Suddenly I was back on the Pelican login page.
Huh? What just happened?

[john70t]

Because one update is not enough:


Unlike the other taskbar icons you can't exit Windows Update or prevent the pop-ups.

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool now requires an indemnification acceptance screen aka EULA.
Red flag.

The Conexant audio driver(which has a possible keystroke logger vulnerability) still tries to update, even though it's been replaced by Realtek.

[wildthing]

Backspace is an alternative for the back button of the browser. You may have inadvertently touched the mouse/trackpad and moved the cursor off the text box...

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by wildthing

Backspace is an alternative for the back button of the browser. You may have inadvertently touched the mouse/trackpad and moved the cursor off the text box...

This. I do this all the damn time

[masraum]

What they said. Irritates me when I click in a box to start typing, mistype and then try to backspace and instead go back a page or two.

[id10t]

Originally Posted by masraum

What they said. Irritates me when I click in a box to start typing, mistype and then try to backspace and instead go back a page or two.

If a real input box (not something made to look like one by graphic designers and various javascript includes) has focus, the backspace shouldn't trigger the brower's back function.


/ hate JS created by "tea drinking mac users"
// they have no concept of package management

[Alan A]

You could have stopped at “I hate JavaScript” and been all good.

[davegerber]

I've had similar problem, but with windows 7. Thanks a lot for useful tip!

Dave Gerber
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