Three years of Bloody Computer!

Earlier this month Bloody Computer! reached its third anniversary, so I decided that I should mark the event by sharing a few statistics, as I did to mark 50 posts, 100 posts, and the first anniversary.This blog has now had 166,042 visits and 189,489 page views from 181 countries.Top 5 Most Read Posts1. Keyboard shortcut of the week: undo and redo : 28,800 views2. How to reboot Windows using the keyboard: 8,311 views3. Mouse stopped working: how...

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How to fix Firefox backspace function

I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04, and found that pressing backspace no longer takes me to the previous page in Firefox. Thankfully, there is a way to fix this.Type about:config in the address bar and press the Enter key. A warning page will open. Click the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button.In the filter type browser.backspace_action and then right-click on the entry and click "Modify". Enter 0 (zero) in the box and click ...

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