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Would be nice if that site didn't hijack keyboard shortcuts for 'Back' and prevent you from leaving the site.

• sfeng 11y ago
  Which keyboard shortcut?
  • mchristen 11y ago
    In Chrome, Alt - Left Arrow.
• Everlag 11y ago
  They hijacked left and right arrows for switching articles, a change which the majority of users would likely agree is a 'good change'.
  • mchristen 11y ago
    Every other site that I've come across that uses a carousel seems to handle not messing with my browser keyboard shortcuts just fine. Alt + Left-Arrow is not the same key press as 'left and right arrows'.
    • geofft 11y ago
      Yeah, it seems mildly inconsistent. I think it's not intending to pick up Alt-Left, but it does sometimes.
    • Everlag 11y ago
      In terms of events, isn't Alt + Left-Arrow equivalent to left arrow if they don't consider the 'Alt' flag on the keyevent?
  • geofft 11y ago
    It's completely undiscoverable, and also easy to hit by accident. I'm not sure what the value is, either, since you don't know in advance what article you're switching to.
  • amyjess 11y ago
    I have a number of tics (if any of them were vocal, it would be enough for a Tourette's diagnosis), including that I mash the left and right arrows very frequently. That made reading this article very difficult. It's an accessibility problem.
• colept 11y ago
  It also hijacks the mouse buttons for back/forward and was submitted one hour earlier than this article as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9541057 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9541057
• 91bananas 11y ago
  What shortcut are you speaking of? Backspace works, as does cmd + [ on a Mac, AND the swipe back gesture works.