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I have gotten quite used to the system and can be handy for those who prefer to 'hot-key' instead of mousing around.
Ta
Limbo
Trouble is, are very often unusable for handicapped people - for whom the accesskey attribute was introduced in the first place. Why? Because of conflicts between your accesskey definition and the hotkeys used in screen-reader and other software. In fact, the only safe keys to assign an accesskey to are: "/", "\" and "]" - none of which are available as a single keystroke on the majority of non-English keyboards. Imagine trying to hit Shift + Alt GR + # when you've got a motor disability, and you'll get the idea - and that key combination may well not action the accesskey anyway, because you've got to use Alt as well and you can't.
So, should accesskeys be introduced on WebmasterWorld? Waste of precious bandwidth...
of course, no standard mechanism exists for labelling or displaying available accesskeys.
Not true in the UK. There are government standards that work excellently with most AS software:
S Skip navigation
1 Home page
2 What’s new
3 Site map
4 Search
5 FAQs
6 Help
7 Complaints procedure
8 Terms and conditions
9 Feedback form
0 Access key details
I see you point about motor impairments - but the majority of users who use access keys are visually impaired. I hate to make generalisations but it is generally the case. And ALT + 0 is no more difficult than applying a capitalised keys stroke. (I am not sure why you would need: alt gr + shift + #?)
I think that sites the size of WW could afford to be more active in ensuring that customers with needs (or habits) like this have the tools. But I can see your point with the bandwidth issue.
Ta
Limbo
