http://www.xxeo.com/archives/2008/05/06/firefox-search-shortcuts-the-keyboard-returns-to-power.html 20 minutes into the future... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.xxeo.com/archives/2008/05/06/firefox-search-shortcuts-the-keyboard-returns-to-power.html#comment-91123 Joseph Smarr Tue, 06 May 2008 23:38:44 +0000 http://www.xxeo.com/archives/2008/05/06/firefox-search-shortcuts-the-keyboard-returns-to-power.html#comment-91123 <p>Well said, and I totally agree. Gmail's keyboard shortcuts are one of its best features, and I can't go back. When Mark added keyboard shortcuts to Bloglines, I thought "this is unnecessary", but now I'm hooked on "s jjjj s jjjj" to browse through all my feeds. It's also a great place to put power-user features, because it adds capability without burdening the UI for simple users (kind of like right-click menus). But of course that's also the challenge for discoverability--how do you make people aware of keyboard shortcuts so they can learn them over time? There are probably some good general solutions there, but I haven't seen many of them so far.</p> Well said, and I totally agree. Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts are one of its best features, and I can’t go back. When Mark added keyboard shortcuts to Bloglines, I thought “this is unnecessary”, but now I’m hooked on “s jjjj s jjjj” to browse through all my feeds. It’s also a great place to put power-user features, because it adds capability without burdening the UI for simple users (kind of like right-click menus). But of course that’s also the challenge for discoverability–how do you make people aware of keyboard shortcuts so they can learn them over time? There are probably some good general solutions there, but I haven’t seen many of them so far.

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