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Amaya 9.3 RC RFE: F5 key

From: Bartolomé Sintes Marco <bartolomesintes@ono.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 07:13:19 +0100
Message-ID: <439288FF.5000008@ono.com>
To: www-amaya@w3.org

Hi,

New structure navigation functions are useful, but the key assignment 
could be improved.

For instance, in Amaya 9.2.2, F5 meant "reload", nut in Amaya 9.3 RC F5 
means "select first child". I do not like this change. F5 is used as 
"reload" in main Windows browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, 
and Opera) and I suppose most users are used to this behaviour.

In the same way, the F1 key assigment to "Select previous" is not a good
idea, because F1 usually opens the Help file. AFAIK, browsers use the 
following F* keys:
F1: Help
F3: Search
F4: Opens address bar (IE only)
F5: Reload
F6: Next frame (window <-> address bar)
F7: Caret browsing (FF only)
F10: window <-> menu
F11: Fullscreen

I do not know if users are used to use all these shorcuts, but Amaya 
should try to not use them. Then, it is not easy to find four free keys 
for new functions.

A possible solution could be:
F2: Select parent
Shift+F2 or F12: Select first child
F8: Select previous
F9: Select next

Best regards,
Bartolomé Sintes (http://www.mclibre.org)
Received on Sunday, 4 December 2005 06:13:37 GMT

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