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Do average users, let's say facebook's audience, use tab to navigate between fields? I always assumed tab usage was mostly reserved for the geekier keyboard/hot

Do average users, let's say facebook's audience, use tab to navigate between fields? I always assumed tab usage was mostly reserved for the geekier keyboard/hotkey using crowd.

billswift 15y ago
It is also important for several types of handicaps - see any web site design book for accessibility guidelines.
- sixtofour 15y ago
  Which book or site would you recommend for first exposure?
evilswan 15y ago
+1 Article says: "This is because users don’t have to tab as much." Strongly disagree - 'average', non-technical users simply don't tab between fields. They mouse and click, mouse and click, etc. I can't remember ever seeing a user in a field test (I do UI testing) use tab to traverse a form.
- jamesteow 15y ago
  Even so, more input fields means more visual complexity. I suddenly feel like I'm at the DMV.
  - evilswan 15y ago
    Yes true, but the reason isn't tabbing.
JacobAldridge 15y ago
Not sure if the article's been edited, but it now refers to the mouse using crowd (for whom this change is even more beneficial).