Comment 96 for bug 60995

(In reply to comment #59)
> Backwards in history invites dataloss when the user ends up going back by
> accident. In my experience, this has happened when I think have a text control
> focused and the browser thinks otherwise.

That's not fixed by removing the backspace functionality. That would be fixed with a more fundamental solution, like Gmail's "Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?" prompt.

Please restore the backspace = back default functionality that everyone wants.