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Comment by sauravmitra | Hacker News Reader

This is a fair point.

Right now, it shows a message on the bottom-left asking if you meant to close a page and suggesting "D" as the shortcut instead.

I think adding a classic mode with those shortcuts enabled should solve the issue. What do you think?

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What happens when a user thinks they are in an input field and hits 'd'?

I've experienced the likely same outcome with Vimium and 'x'

I suspect you will want to have modifier keys be the default. Something to ask users rather than forcing them to adopt to what you think is best

Hmm, I want to look further into how often this happens. Was this a big issue for you with Vimium?

Right now, if you accidentally close a page, you can quickly "Z" (or click the undo button that shows up) to bring the page back.

I've experienced the loss of input when I habitually hit escape to exit input mode and then x to delete text. (Normal on vim, does not carrier over the same with Vimium)

This closes the tab, and on restore, the partial input is lost. Had this hit me more than once on Confluence

Good point. Currently though, if you "z" a page you've closed, it preserves your input. The system isn't perfect, but it prevents any fear of accidental closing.

Can't comment on your browser specifically, just that single key shortcuts which are normal input values is not a good idea. People are used to shortcuts with meta keys proceeding them. It's an established behavior and expectation beyond any one system or tool.

Yeah, it's something we thought about a lot before implementing the current system.

We think apps like Superhuman have brought the idea of single-key shortcuts into the forefront, and we really like how much more memorable they are for most users.

We'll definitely learn from our users' feedback though, and we'll work on a solution with them if they have issues with it :)

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