The curious case of disappearing Polish S

Re:The curious case of disappearing Polish S by keeperofdakeys on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @06:29AM (#8989780)

I'm not sure if it's happening now, but at one point in time F5 wouldn't work to reload the page if twitter is loaded.

And not to mention google plus, that swallows Ctrl+PgDown and Ctrl+PgUp, which happen to be shortcuts to move through tabs. So you are moving through tabs, then you suddenly stop, and you have to reach for the mouse.

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Re:The curious case of disappearing Polish S by mahouse on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @07:05AM (#8989891)

Not only it would not reload the page, it would retweet the currently selected tweet. It was silly.

But what's really silly is that the browser actually allows a webpage to override such a basic shortcut like F5.

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Re:The curious case of disappearing Polish S by EastSmith on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @08:59AM (#8990291)

Twitter also once hooked CTRL+F (find in windows) so it can favor the currrent tweet. Horrible.

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Re:The curious case of disappearing Polish S by nitrogen on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @11:39AM (#8991329)

That sounds like a deliberate dark pattern. Try to reload? Retweeted. Looking for something? Favorited.

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Re:The curious case of disappearing Polish S by coldpie on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @09:11AM (#8990348)

Google's search results page hijacks all typed input without modifier keys. I often use / to begin an in-page-search in Firefox. But not on Google!

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