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RE: Access Keys - your collective help is urgently requested!

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From: Steve Vosloo
Date: Sep 13, 2002 6:27AM

Oops - sorry.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Foliot - bytown internet
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: 13 September 2002 03:14 PM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: RE: Access Keys - your collective help is urgently requested!
>
>
> Uhm... in Windows it's:
>
> Ctrl+X = Cut
> Ctrl+Y = Redo
> Ctrl+Z = Undo
>
> (not Alt+)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Vosloo [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> > Sent: September 13, 2002 9:07 AM
> > To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > Subject: RE: Access Keys - your collective help is urgently
> requested!
> >
> >
> > Consider this:
> >
> > Alt+X = Cut
> > Alt+Y = Redo
> > Alt+Z = Undo
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Foliot - bytown internet
> > > [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> > > Sent: 13 September 2002 02:45 PM
> > > To: Aware-Techniques; Webaim-Forum; <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > > Subject: Access Keys - your collective help is urgently requested!
> > > Importance: High
> > >
> > >
> > > Pardon the cross posting to members of multiple lists.
> > >
> > > A situation has arisen where a large group of institutional
> > > developers have been recommended to implement a series of
> > > "Standardized" Access Keys assigned to "Skip Nav"
> > > functionality across multiple web sites . However, the
> > > recommendation came without sufficient research, and
> > > unfortunately 2 of the 3 recommended Access Key commands are
> > > "reserved" in a major Adaptive Technology application.
> > > Specifically, they have recommended the use of "Alt+1" and
> > > "Alt+2". Users of IBM's Home Page Reader may recognise these
> > > as being "Alt+1 = Headings Reading Mode" and "Alt+2 = Text View".
> > >
> > > It's a mess.
> > >
> > > An alternate solution must be developed and implemented
> > > immeadiately, and I volunteered to query this group of
> > > informed and involved experts for possible solutions.
> > > Current thinking is to move to "Alt+X", Alt+Y" and
> > > Alt+Z" (Windows terminology - other platforms generally use
> > > variants of
> > > Alt+the
> > > same), but proper research is required before recommending
> > > these revisions. Time is of the essence, so perhaps this
> > > group could assist?
> > >
> > > Is anyone out there aware of the 3 newly proposed Access Keys
> > > being reserved in any current user application? While the
> > > focus is primarily on web browsing in the broad sense, if
> > > there is a conflict with another mainstream application this
> > > information is important as well.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance to all respondees.
> > >
> > > JF
> > >
> > >
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