Access keys
11:50 AM
Now here is a geeky subject: Access keys on web page menus.
I've added them in on the standard ttca.org pages (the ones above the picture banner and the larger ones at left). But deciding on an appropriate letter to use for a hot key is always a problem with any program and it is with web pages. A page's access keys will take precedence over the browser's keys. (Example: If Alt-A is used on the page, then the Windows user would have to go through a more complex process to get to the IE Favorites menu which uses Alt-A as a shortcut.)
I've tried to avoid all such overrides, but I end up with this awkward collection of keys:
I've added them in on the standard ttca.org pages (the ones above the picture banner and the larger ones at left). But deciding on an appropriate letter to use for a hot key is always a problem with any program and it is with web pages. A page's access keys will take precedence over the browser's keys. (Example: If Alt-A is used on the page, then the Windows user would have to go through a more complex process to get to the IE Favorites menu which uses Alt-A as a shortcut.)
I've tried to avoid all such overrides, but I end up with this awkward collection of keys:
- Home: Alt-O
- Event: Alt-V
- Tickets: Alt-K
- Recently: Alt-B (for blog)
- Gallery: Alt-G
- (e)Mail: Alt-M
- Who? Alt-W
- History: Alt-Y
- Rumors: Alt-R
- Awards: Alt-A
- Site map: Alt-S
I haven't yet tried to mark those keys on the menus. That's just too problematic at this point. But this is, at least a start, I suppose.
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