On Jun 18, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Larson, Timothy E. wrote:

> Andrew Wooster wrote:
> > I just noticed that del.icio.us now has accesskeys set for the
> > earlier/later links. earlier is now bound to ctrl+e, and later is  
> now
> > bound to ctrl+l.
>
> I see it's using rel=prev/next links as well. Very nice.
>
> > Sadly, this means that when editing text with Safari in any text box
> > on a page with an "earlier" link, ctrl+e will take you to the  
> earlier
> > page. Ctrl+e, in the Cocoa text system on OS X, is bound similar to
> > emacs, in that it takes you to the end of the paragraph (or line).
> > See:
> > http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/Site/System%20Bindings.html
> > <http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/Site/System%20Bindings.html>
> >
> > I just wanted to chip in my two cents that I'd really prefer not to
> > have this behavior on del.icio.us.
>
> This is really a matter for Safari to work out. The accesskey modifier
> used by the browser should not be something that is used elsewhere in
> the system. The collision here is completely Safari's fault. If Cocoa
> uses Ctrl+letter already, then browsers should use Ctrl+Opt+letter, or
> Ctrl+Shift+letter, or whatever. The web page should be able to use any
> letter for an accesskey, trusting the browser not to cause confusion.
>
> Tim
> -- 
> Tim Larson
> InterCall, a subsidiary of West Corporation
> Eschew obfuscation!
>
> 



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