- From: Orion Adrian <orion.adrian@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:10:54 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On 7/31/06, Lloyd Rasmussen <lras@loc.gov> wrote: > > You are probably both right. The interface depends on timing. If you type > several characters per second, you can zero in on your filename. If you go > slower than perhaps one character per second, you must repeatedly type the > same letter. I don't know the exact threshold, but that's the behavior in > Windows Explorer list boxes. Windows Explorer assumes that if you're typing the same character you want to cycle through items that start with that letter, so no pause is necessary. The only reason to pause is to restart the search (e.g. you type g, but you meant to type f). -- Orion Adrian
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