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For instance, this could be any company??™s main navigation:

• accesskey="1">Home


• accesskey="3">Products


• accesskey="4">Downloads


• accesskey="9">Contact

An access key is attached to each navigation item and identified in the title of the link.
All browsers support access keys, but use different means to trigger them. In Internet
Explorer, press Alt+access key and then the Enter key. In Firefox, simply press Alt+access
key. Likewise, in Safari for the Mac OS X platform, simply press Ctrl+access key.
Unfortunately, access keys have one deal-breaking drawback in real-world environments.
Certain character combinations conflict with shortcuts already reserved by browsers and
assistive technologies like screen readers. Since access keys take precedence over the
native program??™s commands, serious usability issues come to light when a user is accustomed
to pressing Alt+H in Internet Explorer for help and suddenly finds herself going to
the website??™s homepage because the developer chose access key H for that action.


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