[MontyCarloHall]

If implemented well (as [0] is), it can actually be much faster than using the mouse for certain tasks. For example, when browsing Google results, it’s a lot quicker to navigate to a result by pressing the first letter or two of its link text than dragging the mouse to click the link.

As a more common example, I only launch applications by opening a prompt (e.g. Spotlight on Mac) and typing the first couple letters of the program I’m starting. This is much faster than navigating using the mouse to the applications folder/menu/dock/taskbar etc. and clicking an icon.

I agree keyboard-based navigation is not faster for everything. Luckily, tools like this don’t prevent you from also using a mouse!

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33222384

[wruza]

Reminds me of the times when every clickable element had an unde&rlined key and could be activated by alt-r. Then some designheads decided that it is non-beatiful and killed it.