abstract:In a web browser, an access key or accesskey allows a computer user immediately to jump to a specific part of a web page via the keyboard. They were introduced in 1999 and quickly achieved near-universal browser support.
The new TomTom range includes an intuitive One-Button Control that enables users to easily navigate up-down-left-right through menus to accesskey stats and watch features.
Julian Sanchez of the Cato Institute has previously pointed out that a downside to creating an easy accesskey for the feds, is that an easy accesskey then exists and can be stolen by hackers.
