Ask HN: Why is spacebar still Page Down in browsers

Re:Ask HN: Why is spacebar still Page Down in browsers by leepowers on Monday November 03, 2014 @08:39PM (#8554744)

* Not every keyboard has Page Up/Down keys. As an application designer you can't rely on their presence.

* The spacebar is the largest key. For an application, it makes sense to attach commonly used functionality to this key. For media players this is pause/play. For web browsers this is "scroll down a page", as you'll need to scroll down when viewing pretty much any web page.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is spacebar still Page Down in browsers by krizan on Monday November 03, 2014 @08:53PM (#8554781)

Actually your answer makes the most sense. But It's confusing for the most users (people ARE the creatures of habits after all) I'm a business owner and customers asked me: "Why i can't do the same thing i do in VLC player!?" So i was curious.

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