Meridel, I listed in my comment 0 above the current Back button tooltips for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, IE11, and Safari for comparison. For Firefox on Windows and Linux, I propose: `Go back one page (Alt + Left arrow)` IE11's tooltip says `Alt+Left` (no spaces). Edge's tooltip adds the word "arrow" and spaces around the `+`, probably to make clear that "Left arrow" is one item, not "Alt+Left" (`Alt + Left arrow`). I can't find a precedent in Windows Firefox to determine whether to describe arrow keys as "Left", "Left arrow" (or capitalized "Left Arrow"), or using a symbol like "Alt + ⬅". macOS is trickier. Windows and Linux have only one shortcut to go back one page: Alt + Left arrow. Firefox on macOS (and Safari and Chrome on macOS) have two: ⌘⬅ (Command + Left arrow) and ⌘[ (Command + Left bracket). Should the macOS tooltip include both shortcuts? Safari and Chrome on macOS list only ⌘[ in their "History > Back" menu item, though both shortcuts work. So ⌘[ seems to be the preferred shortcut on macOS even though ⌘⬅ seems more intuitive. Some options for Firefox on macOS: ``` Go back one page (⌘[) Go back one page (⌘⬅) Go back one page (⌘[ or ⌘⬅) Go back one page (⌘⬅ or ⌘[) ``` I think the left parenthesis `)` after `⌘[` is confusing. It looks like the parenthesis might be part of the keyboard shortcut! :)
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Meridel, I listed in my comment 0 above the current Back button tooltips for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, IE11, and Safari for comparison. For Firefox on Windows and Linux, I propose: `Go back one page (Alt + Left arrow)` IE11's tooltip says `Alt+Left` (no spaces). Edge's tooltip adds the word "arrow" and spaces around the `+`, probably to make clear that "Left arrow" is one item, not "Alt+Left" (`Alt + Left arrow`). I can't find a precedent in Windows Firefox to determine whether to describe arrow keys as "Left", "Left arrow" (or capitalized "Left Arrow"), or using a symbol like "Alt + ⬅". macOS is trickier. Windows and Linux have only one shortcut to go back one page: Alt + Left arrow. Firefox on macOS (and Safari and Chrome on macOS) have two: ⌘⬅ (Command + Left arrow) and ⌘[ (Command + Left bracket). Should the macOS tooltip include both shortcuts? Safari and Chrome on macOS list only ⌘[ in their "History > Back" menu item, though both shortcuts work. So ⌘[ seems to be the preferred shortcut on macOS even though ⌘⬅ seems more intuitive. Some options for Firefox on macOS: ``` Go back one page (⌘[) Go back one page (⌘⬅) Go back one page (⌘[ or ⌘⬅) Go back one page (⌘⬅ or ⌘[) ``` I think the left parenthesis `)` after `⌘[` is confusing. It looks like the parenthesis might be part of the keyboard shortcut! :) However, Edge's tooltip on macOS does use `(⌘[)`.
Meridel, I listed in my comment 0 above the current Back button tooltips for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, IE11, and Safari for comparison. For Firefox on Windows and Linux, I propose: `Go back one page (Alt + Left arrow)` IE11's tooltip says `Alt+Left`. Edge's tooltip adds the word "arrow", lowercase. I can't find a precedent in Windows Firefox to determine whether to describe arrow keys as "Left", "Left arrow" (or capitalized "Left Arrow"), or using a symbol like "Alt + ⬅". macOS is trickier. Windows and Linux have only one shortcut to go back one page: Alt + Left arrow. Firefox on macOS (and Safari and Chrome on macOS) have two: ⌘⬅ (Command + Left arrow) and ⌘[ (Command + Left bracket). Should the macOS tooltip include both shortcuts? Safari and Chrome on macOS list only ⌘[ in their "History > Back" menu item, though both shortcuts work. So ⌘[ seems to be the preferred shortcut on macOS even though ⌘⬅ seems more intuitive. Some options for Firefox on macOS: ``` Go back one page (⌘[) Go back one page (⌘⬅) Go back one page (⌘[ or ⌘⬅) Go back one page (⌘⬅ or ⌘[) ``` I think the left parenthesis `)` after `⌘[` is confusing. It looks like the parenthesis might be part of the keyboard shortcut! :) However, Edge's tooltip on macOS does use `(⌘[)`.