- From: Jamal Mazrui <Jamal.Mazrui@fcc.gov>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:44:20 -0400
- To: "Alastair Campbell" <ac@nomensa.com>, "Dean Dyer" <ddyer@mail.sunyjefferson.edu>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I agree--access keys are a well meaning idea that has not worked in practice. The JAWS screen reader, for example, does not work reliably with access keys on a web page even though it claims to support them. More importantly, since there is no common convention for such keys, it seems hardly worth memorizing them for a particular web site, only to learn of a different set on another site. Regards, Jamal -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Alastair Campbell Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 8:35 AM To: Dean Dyer Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: Access Keys Dean Dyer wrote: > We're just trying to figure out what is > actually useful v. being confusing. At risk of stirring a hornet's nest, I'd suggest accesskeys are confusing. Typically, the people who they are aimed at do not know what they are, and don't use them: www.nomensa.com/resources/articles/access-keys.html www.wats.ca/resources/accesskeysandkeystrokes/38 Kind regards, -Alastair -- Please refer to the following disclaimer for this message: http://www.nomensa.com/email-disclaimer.html
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