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I'd like to second @lowboy and add a bit unrelated but annoying thing I've been recently noticing: It's enough that many popular news pages break my habit (in

by jakub_g 14y ago

I'd like to second @lowboy and add a bit unrelated but annoying thing I've been recently noticing: It's enough that many popular news pages break my habit (in Firefox/Chrome) to use [Ctrl +] Shift + Left/Right to highlight the text I read with the Left/Right arrow buttons doing some magic like going to next article etc. Never mess with the keyboard shortcuts of the browser unless you really know what and where you're doing. Keep in mind that Ctrl + .. often trigger browser native shortcuts, LeftAlt + .. is used to expand menus, and RightAlt + .. is used in some languages to type in diacritics. Unfortunately there's no much room for shortcuts considering all of that, other than complicated combos like Ctrl + Shift + .. (and some of that are also taken by the browser).

barbs 14y ago
I'd like to third @lowboy and second jakub_g. That next/previous article control with left/right arrow buttons is so annoying! Especially when using up and down to navigate a page, I often accidentally hit left or right, resulting in my suddenly viewing an article I never wanted to read. Similarly annoying are the "Overlay" scrollbars in Ubuntu's Unity desktop. They might be clean and out-of-the-way on touchscreen devices, where screen real-estate is often much more valuable, but they're just plain annoying on the desktop. Swiping left and right, pull-to-refresh and smaller scrollbars might work on touchscreen devices, but they don't belong on the desktop, where there is expected behaviour derived from years of experience.
jarek 14y ago
Twitter's been horrible for this recently. They've had the bright idea to map F5 to retweet. (Because no one uses F5 otherwise, right?) "-" also gets repurposed, as apparently it's more intuitive as a direct message shortcut rather than letting the browser use it for zooming or anything else. Slash has also been victimized as noted by choult. What a brave new world...
choult 14y ago
My current pet hate with a number of sites is the fact that a number have started capturing / for focussing on their site search - where in Firefox it's been Quick Find for ages. Slows me down something rotten.

by jakub_g 14y ago

barbs 14y ago

I'd like to third @lowboy and second jakub_g. That next/previous article control with left/right arrow buttons is so annoying! Especially when using up and down to navigate a page, I often accidentally hit left or right, resulting in my suddenly viewing an article I never wanted to read. Similarly annoying are the "Overlay" scrollbars in Ubuntu's Unity desktop. They might be clean and out-of-the-way on touchscreen devices, where screen real-estate is often much more valuable, but they're just plain annoying on the desktop. Swiping left and right, pull-to-refresh and smaller scrollbars might work on touchscreen devices, but they don't belong on the desktop, where there is expected behaviour derived from years of experience.

jarek 14y ago

Twitter's been horrible for this recently. They've had the bright idea to map F5 to retweet. (Because no one uses F5 otherwise, right?) "-" also gets repurposed, as apparently it's more intuitive as a direct message shortcut rather than letting the browser use it for zooming or anything else. Slash has also been victimized as noted by choult. What a brave new world...

choult 14y ago

My current pet hate with a number of sites is the fact that a number have started capturing / for focussing on their site search - where in Firefox it's been Quick Find for ages. Slows me down something rotten.