103485 - pressing space at bottom of page should trigger NEXT link

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 59118

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Zack Weinberg (:zwol)]

When reading a long single page, the space bar has the function of "scroll
down", consistent with most "more"-like programs.

This feature should be extended so that, when you are reading a lengthy document
divided into multiple pages connected by <link rel=next> tags, you can proceed
from one page to the next with the space bar.  In other words, when the space
bar is pressed, the bottom line of the current page is being displayed, and the
page has a <link rel=next> tag, the URL referenced by that tag should be loaded
as if the user had selected it from the site-navigation bar.

To see the utility of this feature, visit the URL above with the site nav bar
enabled.  Observe how, to read through the complete manual, you must
continually switch between hitting space and clicking links.  Wouldn't it
be nice to just space your way through the whole thing?

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 59118 ***