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The 'Back' Button the Most Clicked Firefox Icon

darthcamaro writes "How many times did you click the 'Back' button in your browser last week? According to a new study from Mozilla, it's likely that you clicked 'Back' a whole lot. 'Across Windows, Mac and Linux 93.1 percent of users clicked the button at least once over the course of a five-day period. In total the study reported that users clicked on the back button 66 times over the course of five days. The next most used button is the 'Reload' button with 73.2 percent usage and 22 clicks on average per user over five days. Other areas of the main window that were heavily used include the Search Bar where users input search queries. The study found that 67.9 percent of users used the Search Bar for an average of nearly 16 clicks per user over the course of five days.'"

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  1. IE by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    For Internet Explorer, Ctrl+Alt+Delete is tops

    1. Re:IE by Anachragnome · · Score: 5, Funny

      "For Internet Explorer, Ctrl+Alt+Delete is tops"

      That is almost as bad as setting my Hunter's Feign Death hotkey in Warcraft to Alt-F4...and not testing it until the 4th boss fight in Black Temple.

  2. I didn't click any ... by siddesu · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm using Vimperator, you insensitive clod!

  3. Zero Times by h4rr4r · · Score: 4, Funny

    Zero times, I use vimperator.
    I don't need to move my hands from the keyboard like some ape.

    1. Re:Zero Times by h4rr4r · · Score: 2, Funny

      Good, you can be used to round up others of your kind when I wish to cook and eat your men or mate with your women.

  4. Huh by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would have thought Slashdot's 'submit' button would have been the one most clicked in Firefox.

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  5. Re:But what's really interesting... by Threni · · Score: 3, Funny

    > Erm, that's an average of 66 clicks per user I'd imagine.

    He's no statistician.

  6. Re:This thread surprises me by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    (Note to self: Find the guy who invented tear-off tabs and tear his tab off. I clicked on the damn tab and moved the mouse down so I could highlight some text, and the fucking thing popped open a new goddamn window. WTF? Fuck mouse gestures.)

    let's instead find the guy who decided to implement tear-off tabs without a checkbox to disable them, and check his box until he's disabled.

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  7. That's because ... by PPH · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... there's no "OMG! My eyes!" button.

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  8. Re:Why it was made big by voodoowizard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ahhh wow, I never tried that middle mouse button... damn that is nice. You just opened up a new world for me and I have been using FF for years. Learning is fun.