diff --git a/application/basilisk/app/profile/basilisk.js b/application/basilisk/app/profile/basilisk.js
index c1d2cae3be..c3a2c7f9bc 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/app/profile/basilisk.js
+++ b/application/basilisk/app/profile/basilisk.js
@@ -682,11 +682,7 @@ pref("browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions", true);
 // 0 goes Back/Forward
 // 1 act like PgUp/PgDown
 // 2 and other values, nothing
-#ifdef UNIX_BUT_NOT_MAC
 pref("browser.backspace_action", 2);
-#else
-pref("browser.backspace_action", 0);
-#endif
 
 // this will automatically enable inline spellchecking (if it is available) for
 // editable elements in HTML
@@ -922,6 +918,7 @@ pref("dom.ipc.shims.enabledWarnings", false);
 
 // Start the browser in e10s mode
 pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart", true);
+pref("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable", true);
 pref("browser.tabs.remote.desktopbehavior", true);
 pref("browser.tabs.remote.ignoreBlockPolicy", true);
 // Number of web content processes used by e10s.
diff --git a/application/basilisk/base/content/browser-sets.inc b/application/basilisk/base/content/browser-sets.inc
index d6a9310ed7..d356cdf950 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/base/content/browser-sets.inc
+++ b/application/basilisk/base/content/browser-sets.inc
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@
     <key id="key_delete" keycode="VK_DELETE" command="cmd_delete"/>
     <key id="key_selectAll" key="&selectAllCmd.key;" modifiers="accel"/>
 
-    <key keycode="VK_BACK" command="cmd_handleBackspace"/>
-    <key keycode="VK_BACK" command="cmd_handleShiftBackspace" modifiers="shift"/>
+    <key id="key_handleBackspace" keycode="VK_BACK" command="cmd_handleBackspace"/>
+    <key id="key_handleShiftBackspace" keycode="VK_BACK" command="cmd_handleShiftBackspace" modifiers="shift"/>
 #ifndef XP_MACOSX
     <key id="goBackKb"  keycode="VK_LEFT" command="Browser:Back" modifiers="alt"/>
     <key id="goForwardKb"  keycode="VK_RIGHT" command="Browser:Forward" modifiers="alt"/>
diff --git a/application/basilisk/base/content/browser.js b/application/basilisk/base/content/browser.js
index 485e47062f..7d897b1569 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/base/content/browser.js
+++ b/application/basilisk/base/content/browser.js
@@ -990,6 +990,18 @@ var gBrowserInit = {
     XULBrowserWindow.init();
 
     window.messageManager.addMessageListener("Browser:LoadURI", RedirectLoad);
+    if (gMultiProcessBrowser) {
+      // In e10s, let content handle Backspace directly to avoid chrome command
+      // interception breaking editable fields.
+      let backspaceKey = document.getElementById("key_handleBackspace");
+      let shiftBackspaceKey = document.getElementById("key_handleShiftBackspace");
+      if (backspaceKey) {
+        backspaceKey.setAttribute("disabled", "true");
+      }
+      if (shiftBackspaceKey) {
+        shiftBackspaceKey.setAttribute("disabled", "true");
+      }
+    }
 
     if (!gMultiProcessBrowser) {
       // There is a Content:Click message manually sent from content.
diff --git a/application/basilisk/base/content/content.js b/application/basilisk/base/content/content.js
index b9278428d3..0ddb15988d 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/base/content/content.js
+++ b/application/basilisk/base/content/content.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ addMessageListener("ContextMenu:DoCustomCommand", function(message) {
 addMessageListener("RemoteLogins:fillForm", function(message) {
   LoginManagerContent.receiveMessage(message, content);
 });
+
 addEventListener("DOMFormHasPassword", function(event) {
   LoginManagerContent.onDOMFormHasPassword(event, content);
   let formLike = LoginFormFactory.createFromForm(event.target);
diff --git a/application/basilisk/components/preferences/in-content/advanced.js b/application/basilisk/components/preferences/in-content/advanced.js
index e481042cce..027fdc1a77 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/components/preferences/in-content/advanced.js
+++ b/application/basilisk/components/preferences/in-content/advanced.js
@@ -178,14 +178,17 @@ var gAdvancedPane = {
 
   readE10sEnabled: function ()
   {
+    let forceEnable = document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable").value;
     let autostart = document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.autostart").value;
     let trialAutostart = document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2").value;
-    return !!(autostart || trialAutostart);
+    return !!(forceEnable || autostart || trialAutostart);
   },
 
   writeE10sEnabled: function ()
   {
     let enabled = document.getElementById("e10sEnabled").checked;
+    document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable").value = enabled;
+    document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.autostart").value = enabled;
     document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2").value = enabled;
     return enabled;
   },
@@ -205,6 +208,7 @@ var gAdvancedPane = {
 
     let buttonIndex = confirmRestartPrompt(enabled, 1, true, false);
     if (buttonIndex == CONFIRM_RESTART_PROMPT_RESTART_NOW) {
+      document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable").value = enabled;
       document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.autostart").value = enabled;
       document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2").value = enabled;
       let appStartup = Cc["@mozilla.org/toolkit/app-startup;1"]
@@ -215,6 +219,7 @@ var gAdvancedPane = {
 
     this._shouldPromptForE10sRestart = false;
     checkbox.checked = this._storedE10sEnabled;
+    document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable").value = this._storedE10sEnabled;
     document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.autostart").value = this._storedE10sEnabled;
     document.getElementById("browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2").value = this._storedE10sEnabled;
     this._shouldPromptForE10sRestart = true;
diff --git a/application/basilisk/components/preferences/in-content/advanced.xul b/application/basilisk/components/preferences/in-content/advanced.xul
index 5637c619b5..19aeaaad83 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/components/preferences/in-content/advanced.xul
+++ b/application/basilisk/components/preferences/in-content/advanced.xul
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
   <preference id="browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2"
               name="browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2"
               type="bool"/>
+  <preference id="browser.tabs.remote.force-enable"
+              name="browser.tabs.remote.force-enable"
+              type="bool"/>
 
   <!-- Network tab -->
   <preference id="browser.cache.disk.capacity"