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     <input type="submit" value="Submit" accesskey="s"/>
 
 --[[JasonBlevins]], March 21, 2008 18:05 EDT
+
+- - - 
+
+There were also a few thoughts about access keys on the
+[[main_discussion_page|index/discussion]]. Now moved to here:
+
+> Would anyone else find this a valuable addition.  In oddmuse and instiki (the only other
+> wiki engines I am currently using, the edit, home, and submit link tags have an
+> accesskey attribute.  I find it nice not to have to resort to the mouse for those
+> actions.  However, it may not be something everyone appreciates.  Any thoughts?
+> --[Mazirian](http://mazirian.com)
+> 
+> > Maybe, although it would need to take the critisism at
+> > <http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/accesskey.html> into account.
+> 
+> >> Thank you for that link. Given that the edit link is the first thing you tab to
+> >> in the current layout, I guess it isn't all that necessary. I have had a 
+> >> a user complaint recently that Alt-e in oddmuse was overriding his access
+> >> to the browser menu.
+
+----
+
+The main criticism there it
+seems is that some browsers implement access keys in a way (via the Alt
+key) that allows them to override built-in keyboard shortcuts.  I
+believe this is not a problem any longer in Firefox (which uses the
+Shift+Alt prefix) but I suppose it could still be a problem in other
+browsers.
+
+Another criticism is that most browsers do not display the access keys
+that are defined.  The [article][] cited on the main discussion page
+suggests underlining the relevant mnemonic.  I think it would be
+sufficient to just list them in the basewiki documentation somewhere.
+
+  [article]: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/accesskey.html
+
+It's an unfortunate situation&mdash;I'd like an alternative to the
+rodent but there are quite a few downsides to using access keys.
+Tabbing isn't quite the same as a nice shortcut key.  There's always
+Conkeror...
+
+--[[JasonBlevins]], March 22, 2008 10:35 EDT