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by fnordprefect 2333 days ago
My (probably ironic) interaction with their design:

1. Quick skim of the start. <thought>This looks interesting, and even worth saving for later detailed review</thought>

2. I go to save the page. Search box opens and starts filling out with the name of the directory I was pre-typing to save into.

3. <thought>I must have clicked unintentionally. Or mis-hit the tab key? Strange; I don't recall it. Try again.</thought>

4. Same result.

5. ?!$$@?. Test to be sure.

6. Confirmed. <thought>They have bound cmd-s to give the search box focus instead of allowing the user to save (seemingly unintentionally; ie due to 's' being pressed without recognising that a modifier key was also pressed)!</thought>

7. Cmd-W. Window closes. Not saved.

8. <thought>Nope, they didn't also overload 'w'</thought>

I will not take pointers from a site that messes up UX as badly as this. Anything I don't recall from a quick skim is not going to be worth using.

1 comments

Very odd, I use VuePress for the site and I didn’t realise they hijacked the key commands. Thanks for the bug report, I’ll fix this behaviour in the morning.
Thanks - I've re-opened the article and will read it carefully now :)
Hope there's something useful in there!