Mitar <mmi...@gmail.com> writes: > Followup to this proposal. So after more than half year browsers still > have issues searching in dynamic apps. Google Docs can still only > intercept ctrl-f, but for people who uses menu search then does not > work. > > On the other hand, sometimes it is useful to not allow search to be > intercepted. For example, I tend to use browser search for menu in > Google Docs to search over comments sidebar, while I use ctrl-f to > search the document content. But this cannot really be expected to be > clear to users or intuitive. A better integration of such apps with > browsers is necessary.
To speak to the contrary: I think that “better integration” is extremely harmful, as long as it violates user expectations. I use the keyboard a lot (my hands hurt when I browse with a mouse) and I absolutely hate it when websites intercept keypresses that the browser UI already uses. Some sites – e.g. GitHub – I can navigate only without JavaScript. -- Nils Dagsson Moskopp // erlehmann <http://dieweltistgarnichtso.net>
