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List:       freedesktop-xdg
Subject:    Re: keyboard shortcuts
From:       Michael Maloney <mmaloney () real ! com>
Date:       2004-08-11 18:27:11
Message-ID: 0FBAE9ED-EBC4-11D8-AFAC-0050E4308849 () real ! com
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to this I would add that some of us laptop users tab through links on 
web pages as well, something that *should* take you through the page 
links AND text fields in document order.

On Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at 11:13 AM, Pat Suwalski wrote:

> Martin Konold wrote:
>> I assume that whenever you use the keyboard based text selection you 
>> firstly use the mouse to point to the relevant area (focus selection 
>> on the text area)?!
>
> Since you've brought this up twice now:
>
> No.
>
> I, and many people I know, use the Tab key to get to the entry box. 
> It's really much faster on a laptop instead of using the touchpad, 
> especially for forms you use every day.
>
> Between form fields, it is also much quicker to use tab and shift-tab 
> to go to the next and previous one.
>
> In fact, I hardly ever use the mouse in my browser.
>
> I think that was Claes said about Ctrl-Tab mirroring the behaviour of 
> Alt-Tab is very important. Shift-Left/Right has no metaphor or 
> interaction/usability 'parent', and conflicts with functions that have 
> been used in text entry for at least two decades.
>
> --Pat
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