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

Hi Noah, Not sure if you know this, but you can also do: http://php.net/<keyword> ...and in most cases you'll be redirected to the appropriate page. If there is no direct match it will do a search for you. It's fantastic, I use it almost every day. Cheers, Stew On 2011-12-05, at 10:46 AM, Noah Keitel wrote: > 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 >> >> >>