- From: John Foliot - WATS.ca <foliot@wats.ca>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:37:09 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Dean Dyer wrote: > Greetings, > A question on access keys: how many of you actually > use them on > your sites? If so, what do you use them for? Every link? Standard > links? Main navigation? Seems like you could run out of > keys, especially > if you try to stay away from standard menu access keys. > We are reworking some of our pages and want to > provide as much > functionality as possible. We're just trying to figure out what is > actually useful v. being confusing. > Thanks for feedback. > To long time list members... No, I will not give up <grin> Leo, The debate on the pros and cons of accesskeys is, by now, well documented. While there *are* arguments for using them, on balance I believe that they can in fact cause more harm than good, and say so every chance I get (as the above sentence indicates). Should you care, we have written extensively on the topic at WATS.ca. I urge you to at the very least give the arguments some consideration: Using Accesskeys - Is it worth it?: http://www.wats.ca/articles/accesskeys/19 More reasons why we don't use accesskeys: http://www.wats.ca/articles/accesskeyconflicts/37 Accesskeys and Reserved Keystroke Combinations: http://www.wats.ca/resources/accesskeysandkeystrokes/38 Link Relationships as an Alternative to Accesskeys: http://www.wats.ca/articles/accesskeyalternatives/52 The Future of Accesskeys: http://www.wats.ca/articles/thefutureofaccesskeys/66 Cheers! JF -- John Foliot foliot@wats.ca Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca Web Accessibility Testing and Services http://www.wats.ca Phone: 1-613-267-1983 / 1-866-932-4878 (North America)
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