[access-uk] Re: Access Keys on Web Sites
- From: Douglas Harrison <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 12:11:22 +0100
Sorry Tink, but I cannot add much to what others have already said.
Now that the major screen readers have a variety of lists (links,
headings etc.) available these access keys are probably of less value
than they might have been a few years ago.
Also unless there was a standardised set of keys available on the
majority of sites trying to memorise them hardly seems worth the
trouble.
I use alt and 4 followed by Enter to stop the audio on the bBC Player
but otherwise I tend to forget them.
Douglas
On 16 May 2006 at 20:41, Léonie Watson wrote:
> Good evening,
>
> Please forgive the cross post, but I wanted to reach the widest
> audience in the most efficient way.
>
> I'd like to hear from as many people as possible, with your response to a
> very simple question.
>
> Do you use access keys when they are available on a web site?
>
> For those of you unfamiliar with Access Keys, they are the keyboard
> shortcuts which use the alt key in combination with another key, to take
> the focus to a given link on a page. You hear them announced in
> conjunction wit the link text. For example, "Home page alt + h". In this
> example, pressing the "alt h" key combination would either move you to the
> home page link, or activate the home page link, depending on the kind of
> browser you're using.
>
> I hope this makes sense. There is quite a debate raging over these
> Access Keys, with a great many people speaking out for the way visually
> impaired people do or don't use them. I'd very much like to represent the
> voice of real people, so please give me something to work with and let me
> know your opinions.
>
> As always, thank you for your help.
>
> Regards,
> Tink.
>
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Douglas Harrison
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