RE: Access Key

Is there any research with actual users which might indicate
a preference? I.e. users of access keys.

My survey of one says do it, don't prepare to do it.

DaveP.

> >While there are conflicting opinions on whether keyboard 
> navigation should
> >trigger events (navigating using a keyboard would normally 
> traverse all
> >intervening elements on the way to the target, you would not 
> want to trigger
> >those elements), accesskey should trigger a focus event. It 
> is the keyboard
> >equivalent to point and click (or rather point and mousedown).
> 
> CMN
> For most accesskey users, directly activating links provides the most
> efficient and helpful implementation of the functionality. I 
> would recommend
> that the default behaviour is instant activation.


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Received on Tuesday, 1 October 2002 04:02:34 UTC