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The latest Tiger upgrade (10.4.4) finally lets you tab between ALL form controls in Firefox. Until now, tabbing only worked between fields and text boxes. Pulldown menus, radio buttons, and checkboxes just got skipped. This was my only complaint after switching to a Mac—entering a mailing address required clicking a tiny triangle with this clumsy device known as a mouse. So many times I left my state as Alabama. But now forms work the same as they do on Windows. (Or better, if you consider Mac font rendering as a usability boon.)

(Don't tell me about the system preference for full keyboard access. It didn't work before in Firefox. Really.)
January 20, 2006 : 5:48 PM
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You're so right. "Keyboard shortcuts" my ass.
posted by Anonymous Margaret : January 23, 2006 8:23 AM : link to this comment  
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Moira Burke

Psst! This is the blog of Moira Burke, a Ph.D. student in the HCI Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

Rife with derivative pop culture blather, this site occasionally features thoughts on social psychology, usability, aesthetics, and the general meanderings of someone figuring out the meaning of life. Won't you help me find it?

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