- From: Jesper Tverskov <jesper@tverskov.dk>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:22:50 +0200
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I agree with John Foliot that the HTML accesskey attribute has been and remains a disaster. It is so badly specified in the spec that it is fair to recommend not to use it. I only use alt+4 as an experiment to keep the dream alive. I do believe that access keys to links in webpages could make navigation a lot easier. The main target is interestingly enough not people with disabilities but close to half the internet users in many countries accessing the Internet using a notebook. I do believe that access keys to links in web pages are not an author problem but a user agent problem. The browsers should implement something like the "Find as you type" feature in Firefox with two modes: "text" and "links", and some accelerator key to choose between the two. When used for links, "Find as you Type" should only go after the fist letter of the link text, and then jump to the next. A few years ago it was actually possible to configure "Find as you type" to work that way for links. Best regards, Jesper Tverskov www.smackthemouse.com
Received on Wednesday, 26 July 2006 06:23:00 UTC