Non Quasimode Shortcuts on Gmail

I've been using Google's Gmail for about a week now (thanks Abdul) and it's amazingly fast in all that it does.

Now, today I turned on the Keyboard Shortcuts feature and noticed that the shortcuts are non-quasimode. In plain English, it means that you need not press any modifier keys like 'Alt' or 'Ctrl' to access the shortcuts.

This means there is a greater chance of errors happening in while trying to type into, say the URL box, while it is not in focus. Google of course has disabled the shortcuts in the compose or data entry mode, but wouldn't a quasimodal shortcut make it possible for the shortcut to be operational even in the compose mode?

But that said, non-quasimodal shortcuts are much faster to use...

Posted by Navneet at July 6, 2004 11:08 AM | TrackBack | Comments disabled due to spam