https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23611
--- Comment #10 from Ichiro <veryfurry...@gmail.com> 2010-06-16 14:22:19 UTC --- That's one possible way out, but it's not as transparent as it could be. The IE7 solution is transparent, because when you arrow to the last "Search" item (equivalent to "Containing" in our case), the bar is auto-filled with "Search Tur", and if you type "Search Tur" directly in the bar and hit enter you get exactly the same behavior. It's probably an acceptable solution, but I wouldn't be surprised if it came back and haunt us under the guise of another unexpected behaviour/bug. If you go ahead with this, I'd be happy to test it - please let me know where. "This shows [...] that Jane Visitor just uses the mouse and doesn't think about the arrow keys." No, it doesn't. It shows that one person prefers to use the mouse. It may be true that currently most people prefer using the mouse in this instance or in general, but years of usability and accessibility studies have demonstrated that __Keyboard is King__ and that it should be treated with respect. http://www.webaim.org/techniques/keyboard/ For 1 person you observe, there have been 10000 that went through the motion and helped UI controls evolve into what we use every day. Sure there must be innovation, but it really surprises me how many failed attempts at reinventing the wheel we are still going through, and how many of these flashy (pun intended) but failed attempts are accepted to the expense of usability and accessibility by minorities. Finally, but this is speculation, I believe we are still in a phase of low literacy. In one generation or so, people will wake up to the fact that keyboard + keyboard-supportive application = dramatically increased productivity. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
