Re:Ask HN: Please stop overriding standard browser navigatio...
by seven800 on Monday October 10, 2011 @06:25AM
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While it takes some getting used to I'm of the opinion that Google's implementation of this is correct and more usable than the alternative.
The search results are a UI widget and it's reasonable and correct for you to navigate between results with the arrow keys once that control is focused. This is similar to something like a file explorer where the arrow keys select between files or folders rather than scrolling the window.
The search results are a UI widget and it's reasonable and correct for you to navigate between results with the arrow keys once that control is focused. This is similar to something like a file explorer where the arrow keys select between files or folders rather than scrolling the window.