Two keyboard shortcuts in Firefox 2 on OS X really annoy me — one of them used in the extension LiveHTTP Headers:
- Shift + 7
- Whenever I want to type an URL with http:// I can’t type a standard slash, because this brings up the Firefox search bar at the bottom of the browser window. When did they build in that one?
- Option + L
- This key combination is supposed to print the @-character (mostly important to type E-Mail adresses). Unfortunately the extension LiveHTTPHeaders — an extension to visualize the traffic under the hood — uses this shortcut to bring up the Live Headers Sidebar.
There are already many complaints in the suggestions area — the first reporting of this issue even was in March 2005. This plugin is really useful and absolutely cool, no question. But should it be that hard to change the shortcut keys in the code or implement a user-defined one?
These misused shortcuts give an extra bonus on annoyance when filling out web-forms, because that’s where you usually type in an E-Mail or Web adress (using slashes and the at-symbol).
Any suggestions on how to “repair” this?
RT @dertimbo Annoying Shortcuts in FirefoxPosted in Rants, Software, Tags:accessibility, firefox, fuckedup, keyboard, livehttp, shortcut
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