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Re: access keys (again)

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From: David Andrews
Date: Mar 6, 2009 12:45PM

At 01:47 PM 3/6/2009, you wrote:
>My response was that I'd taken them out deliberately as I feared they
>could interfere with other things on the page.
>
>However I am able to add them in, or add them in and allow them to be
>user settable, but am loathed do so. Mainly because of the general
>mis-use of access keys and the potential for clashes for this
>particular project.
>
>A further suggestion has come in that I should add a 'skip' link,
>which I'm also considering.
>
>
>Now a few questions should anyone have time to test it:
>
>Currently I'm adding image links, rather than input type="image", will
>that cause any problems?
>Thoughts on the accesskeys issue?
>
>Also if anyone can see ways of enhancing it further then please let me
>know.
>
>Thanks for you time
>
>Rich

As a user I have mixed feelings about access keys. If they are on a
site I use a lot, they can be useful. As an example, at work we
record our time, vacation etc., via a web application. It has access
keys to save, and do a few other things, and they are useful because
I use the site regularly. On sites I don't visit that often they
aren't as useful, as there are no standards for what key does what --
and none possible because each site is different.

Dave