I am a big Firefox fan boy, I love it to death. Sometimes though, even I can find a few things that might make my experience with Firefox a little better. Thankfully though, there are a few good Firefox extensions to fix these problems. One of these extensions is Back IS Close.

What is this Firefox extension all about? Here is what the author of the extension had to say about it.

Back IS Close replaces the “Back” button with a “Close” button when the “Back” button is disabled because there is no page to go “back” to. That Close Button will close the tab or browser, as appropriate.

Back IS Close is the perfect complement to tabbed browsing: it closes the many tabs tabbed browsing opens. Back IS Close works most effectively when you map a mouse button (I use the right mouse button) to send “Alt-Left Arrow”. Then one mouse button will either take you back to the previous page, or close the tab if no previous page exists, making for quick, convenient browsing.

As you can see this fixes a big annoyance that Firefox users sometimes have. It is an extension that is long overdue as well. It is handy for sure.

This Firefox extension is for Firefox versions 1.0 through 1.5. If you want to download it and give it a shot, you can do so at the Mozilla Update Web site.

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