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Google Experimental Search - Keyboard Shortcuts

8 points by duck 17y ago

niekmaas 17y ago
Cool be pretty usefull. Is it just me or is the Key choice a bit weird? I find J for next and K for previous confusing. Would have expected it to be other way round.
- cyberian 17y ago
  They follow vim's keyboard conventions...
  - Semiapies 17y ago
    And have been used in other Google navigation, like Reader and Buzz.
    - stanleydrew 17y ago
      And Gmail.
- nicpottier 17y ago
  Ya, those are vi standards. Wish they would at least support emacs p,n versions as well, as that's what I've remapped my gmail to. (and also what most unix's support by default in shells etc..) Kind of weird that the vi standard is what has stuck with Google, anybody have an explanation apart from just the first peeps who did it being vi junkies?
  - ximeng 17y ago
    Bram Molenaar (author of Vim) works at Google, that might have something to do with it. Also the "accessible view" seems to have n and p as well.
shrnky 17y ago
I still prefer vimperator http://vimperator.org/ http://vimperator.org/ in firefox and vimlike smoozie https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/donnjgnmaheadpiphiedimcjpiefdnnj https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/donnjgnmaheadpip... in google chrome as I can navigate any page with just the keyboard.
- duck 17y ago
  I hadn't see either of those, but will be checking them out -thanks. Anything to avoid the mouse is good news.
- meedimusic 17y ago
  You may also want to take a look at vimium for google chrome. I prefer it a little more than vimlike smoozie. https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dbepggeogbaibhgn... This made my switch to chrome from firefox much easier.
someguy235 17y ago
I've been using this for a long time. It could be great, but it's pretty limited. There doesn't seem to be a way to open a link in a new tab, or to get to the next page of results, so you still have to go back and forth from keyboard to mouse.
- duck 17y ago
  Yeah, I am finding the same thing. Why wouldn't they include those two items I don't understand... kind of makes it useless after testing it for a day.

8 points by duck 17y ago

Cool be pretty usefull. Is it just me or is the Key choice a bit weird? I find J for next and K for previous confusing. Would have expected it to be other way round.

cyberian 17y ago
They follow vim's keyboard conventions...
- Semiapies 17y ago
  And have been used in other Google navigation, like Reader and Buzz.
  - stanleydrew 17y ago
    And Gmail.
nicpottier 17y ago
Ya, those are vi standards. Wish they would at least support emacs p,n versions as well, as that's what I've remapped my gmail to. (and also what most unix's support by default in shells etc..) Kind of weird that the vi standard is what has stuck with Google, anybody have an explanation apart from just the first peeps who did it being vi junkies?
- ximeng 17y ago
  Bram Molenaar (author of Vim) works at Google, that might have something to do with it. Also the "accessible view" seems to have n and p as well.

shrnky 17y ago

I still prefer vimperator http://vimperator.org/ http://vimperator.org/ in firefox and vimlike smoozie https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/donnjgnmaheadpiphiedimcjpiefdnnj https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/donnjgnmaheadpip... in google chrome as I can navigate any page with just the keyboard.

duck 17y ago
I hadn't see either of those, but will be checking them out -thanks. Anything to avoid the mouse is good news.
meedimusic 17y ago
You may also want to take a look at vimium for google chrome. I prefer it a little more than vimlike smoozie. https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dbepggeogbaibhgn... This made my switch to chrome from firefox much easier.

someguy235 17y ago

I've been using this for a long time. It could be great, but it's pretty limited. There doesn't seem to be a way to open a link in a new tab, or to get to the next page of results, so you still have to go back and forth from keyboard to mouse.

duck 17y ago
Yeah, I am finding the same thing. Why wouldn't they include those two items I don't understand... kind of makes it useless after testing it for a day.