Ask HN: Why is spacebar still Page Down in browsers

Re:Ask HN: Why is spacebar still Page Down in browsers by nbevans on Monday November 03, 2014 @07:51PM (#8554589)

My guess is that because its the biggest and most ergonomic key to access on a keyboard, that it made sense to assign it to the primary UI function on a web browser: to scroll down.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is spacebar still Page Down in browsers by krizan on Monday November 03, 2014 @08:55PM (#8554788)

That shouldn't be the reasoning behind the key that's just there lying being the 'biggest'.

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