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dmortin
2379 days ago
It's strange that you have to press enter too after selecting a link to go there. The most frequent task of browsing is clicking on links, so it should be only f + hint, without any additional keys.
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cuchoi
2379 days ago
That's how Vimium works; f + letter clicks the link.
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jedimastert
2379 days ago
I'd say mouse-ing over a link is a different action than clicking it. Say you want to read the alt test, or see where the link goes.
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dmortin
2379 days ago
There should be a different key for that then. The click action is the most important, so it should have its own dedicated key.
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uryga
2379 days ago
maybe there should be two keybindings for mousing-over and clicking, i'd say hovering is relatively rare in comparison
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jedimastert
2379 days ago
Maybe? I don't know if there's defined behaviour JS wise for a "click" event not following a "mouseover" though.
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blotter_paper
2378 days ago
There is, you can trigger click events from JavaScript without a mouse going over the element:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement...
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TJTorola
2379 days ago
I definitely appreciate the confirmation step when browsing around sensitive UIs like my company's AWS dashboard.
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dmortin
2378 days ago
Sensitive operations should require confirmation on AWS, because you can click accidentally manually too.
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alexherbo2
2379 days ago
To mitigate mistyping, the hint mode refuses to proceed invalid sequences too.
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