Getting around Wikipedia could take shorter than you have been previously use to. For instance, do you know about the keyboard shortcuts?Keyboard shortcuts aren't a well known feature for users of the popular online encyclopedia, but they do exist. I recently came across a post by Steve Rubel reminding me of this fact.
These keyboard shortcuts work with any browser, and on both PC and Mac platforms, and don't need to install any special Greasemonkey script, and will surely speed up your time when searching for useful content.
Depending on which browser you are in you will have to use hold down this combination of keys, then hit your access key:
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5: hold Alt, press access key
- Mozilla Firefox 2: hold Alt-Shift, press access key
- Internet Explorer: hold Alt, press access key, and then press Enter
- Opera: press Shift-Esc, then press access key
- Mac OS: Control and a key
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8-12-2007 @ 10:08PM
cjrenaud said...
They really should make this "feature" a user-controlled option. No web site should override the shortcuts of the application/browser.
I find it annoying that I can't do an Alt-F to get to the "File" menu like I can with virtually every other Windows application.
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8-27-2007 @ 6:01AM
jab said...
If you are interested in keyboard shortcuts please check out keyxl.com. They have keyboard shortcuts for hundreds of programs listed. (mac, win and linux).
thanks.
http://www.keyxl.com/
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