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From: Ramya Sethuraman
Date: Sep 21, 2012 1:39PM

Hi,

I am trying to find out if Google's method of implementing keyboard short
cuts described here:
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&;answer559 is the
standard way to implement keyboard shortcuts? Normally, when we use access
keys, we would have to use a browser specific keystroke like alt + shift
for FF for example
to trigger the access key. However, if you turn on keyboard shortcuts in
Google, you can just type the letter c for example and you will be able to
compose a new email.
You don't need to press Shift + alt + c to compose a new email. Is this
standard?

Thanks,
Ramya