Re: idea (this would be super fast to implement)

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Dec 2011, Daniel P. Brown wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:23, Noah Keitel <noah@augmentj.com> wrote: > > > So my initial response to "what if I don't want to auto focus" was > that it > > > wouldn't hurt your experience to have the field focused. > > > > > > I understand the use of the keyboard for scrolling wouldn't be > possible if > > > the field was auto focused. However, if you just made it the first > option > > > to tab to that would be almost as good as an auto focus in my opinion. > I > > > just want to be able to get to the field without having to move my > hand over > > > to the mouse every time I come to the site. > > > > I understand. I rarely use the mouse at all myself (though I > > rarely use a GUI either, save for the browser). > > > > > One thing to think about is that IF the population that wants the > field auto > > > focused is greater than those that don't, we could auto focus the > field and > > > then the smaller percentage that didn't want it focused because of > their > > > keyboard page scrolling could just tab out of it since their hands are > on > > > the keyboard already. either way, it would just mean tabbing to the > field, > > > or tabbing out of it. > > > > Many more did *not* want it than did, historically --- and it's an > > issue that's come up a few times over the years with the same results. > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > A combination of first-tab and hotkeys would be the simplest, > > Make sure that the hotkey doesn't hijack any other normal browser > hotkey, like friggin Google StreetView does. (Ctrl-W to close the tab > doesn't work in it!). First tab sounds awesome though. > I'm happy with first tab, it's unobtrusive and natural. Good UX and intuitive. I'll implement it soon once i'm above water with my current schedule. > > Derick > > -- > http://derickrethans.nl | > http://xdebug.org > Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php > twitter: @derickr and @xdebug