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Re: Accesskeys (again??) (was RE: Physically Challenged Web Page Access)

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From: John Foliot - WATS.ca
Date: May 11, 2005 8:08AM

Terrence Wood wrote:

>> Hi,
>>
>> The accesskeys work fine for me (macos x), of course you
>> still have the
>> issue of accesskeys being invisible in a visual browser, although the
>> use of the title attribute goes some way towards addressing that.
>>


To long time list members... No, I will not give up <grin>

Peter,

The debate on the pros and cons of accesskeys is, by now, well documented.
While there *are* arguments for using them, on balance I believe that they
can in fact cause more harm than good, and say so every chance I get (as the
above sentence indicates). Should you care, we have written extensively on
the topic at WATS.ca. I urge you to at the very least give the arguments
some consideration:

Using Accesskeys - Is it worth it?:
http://www.wats.ca/articles/accesskeys/19

More reasons why we don't use accesskeys:
http://www.wats.ca/articles/accesskeyconflicts/37

Accesskeys and Reserved Keystroke Combinations:
http://www.wats.ca/resources/accesskeysandkeystrokes/38

Link Relationships as an Alternative to Accesskeys:
http://www.wats.ca/articles/accesskeyalternatives/52

The Future of Accesskeys:
http://www.wats.ca/articles/thefutureofaccesskeys/66

Cheers!

JF
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John Foliot <EMAIL REMOVED>
Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca
Web Accessibility Testing and Services
http://www.wats.ca
Phone: 1-613-267-1983 / 1-866-932-4878 (North America)