June, 2002      Diablo Blue     Page 9

Overview

Google Keyboard Shortcuts allows you to explore search results quickly and easily without taking your hands off of the keyboard to use the mouse. After you do a search, start with the K key, conveniently located under your right middle finger. Press K once to bring up the colorful balls and then a few times more to move down to the result you're interested in. Gone too far? Press I to go back up.

Now press Enter to follow that link. If the page is too slow to load, simply press Backspace to return to Google's results page, and then press C to see the page from Google's cache.

If you want to change your query, press A to select the search box and you're ready to go -- your fingers are already in position. Give it a whirl!

Requirements

Internet Explorer 5+, Netscape 6, or Mozilla, Javascript enabled, Cookies enabled (optional); For Macintosh, Netscape 6 or Mozilla is recommended. Google Keyboard Shortcuts does not fully work on Mac Internet Explorer.

Details

1. Press any key to display the colorful balls next to the first search result.

2. Move to the result you want using these keys:

 

I ↑

 

J
←

 

L
→

 

K ↓

 
 

I and K move up and down.

J and L shift left and right. That is, L will send the selection to the AdWords ads along the right side of the window (if any), so that I and K will move up and down the AdWords. L brings the selection back to the search results.

3. Enter visits the current result.

4. C and S go to the Cache or the Similar Pages for the current result.

5. N and P go to the next and previous pages of results. (Or just keep pressing K or I past the end of the results.)

6. A moves the focus to the search box.

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