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From: glen walker
Date: Mar 27, 2018 1:03PM

Hi John. Regarding your last statement, does that mean if a page *does*
have a high-frequency visit rate, then it *is* worth it to have accesskeys?

Speaking as a keyboard user, I'd say yes, because it makes my life easier,
but I'd only want accesskeys on things that are commonly used on that
page. I don't expect every button or link to have one. Just 1 or 2 or
maybe 3 elements on the page.

Not to digress too far into another subject, but a page like amazon.com,
the first thing I always do there is search for something, yet the initial
focus is not on the search field. Same with imdb.com. Whereas
craigslist.org and wikipedia.org both put the focus in the search field
(which is not the first focusable object on the page). If a site chooses
not to put the initial focus on a commonly used element, it would be really
nice if there was an accesskey so I could quickly put my focus there.


On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 7:15 AM, John Foliot < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

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> Bottom line: they are not required, they can be problematic, and unless the
> site/page has a high-frequency repeat-visit rate, not worth the effort.
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> JF
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