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

You have no idea how happy I am that this is on your to do list!!! :) Noah On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > > >