Comments on: Tackling automatic field focus usability issues http://www.wait-till-i.com/2006/10/09/tackling-automatic-field-focus-usability-issues/ Chris Heilmann - Accessibility, Web Development and Pragmatism - can talk, will travel Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:42:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mant.indonesia http://www.wait-till-i.com/2006/10/09/tackling-automatic-field-focus-usability-issues/#comment-8100 mant.indonesia Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:06:19 +0000 #comment-8100 but what i need is different, i want some auto-focus script to support my manual scrambler against keylogger in the cafe/public net. example my password is "god" i try to fool the keylogger by scrambling what i type into login form. but they still getting log like this: "g (click) adsfadsf (click) o (click) asdfasdf (click) d (submit) so they get my password is "god"! but if my browser use auto-focus, they will get log like this: "gadfasdaoasdfasdfd" so, can somebody tell me how to make some auto-focus script into Firefox? but what i need is different, i want some auto-focus script to support my manual scrambler against keylogger in the cafe/public net.

example my password is “god”

i try to fool the keylogger by scrambling what i type into login form. but they still getting log like this:

“g (click) adsfadsf (click) o (click) asdfasdf (click) d (submit)

so they get my password is “god”!

but if my browser use auto-focus, they will get log like this:

“gadfasdaoasdfasdfd”

so, can somebody tell me how to make some auto-focus script into Firefox?

]]> By: Yurtdisi Egitim http://www.wait-till-i.com/2006/10/09/tackling-automatic-field-focus-usability-issues/#comment-7181 Yurtdisi Egitim Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:29:25 +0000 #comment-7181 does anyone knows if there is any other information about this subject in other languages? does anyone knows if there is any other information about this subject in other languages?

]]> By: Matthew Sheahan http://www.wait-till-i.com/2006/10/09/tackling-automatic-field-focus-usability-issues/#comment-5701 Matthew Sheahan Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:32:21 +0000 #comment-5701 I have a reasonably slick generalized autofocus script that addresses the "don't mess with me when I'm already typing" issue, though not the focus-to-below-the-fold issue. (That one's rough.) Also handles Firefox open-in-new-tab without-switch-to, which is somewhat difficult. (Firefox apparently silently fails to set focus in a non-active tab.) Non-link directions are that it's in the Grimoire section of lostsouls.org. I have a reasonably slick generalized autofocus script that addresses the “don’t mess with me when I’m already typing” issue, though not the focus-to-below-the-fold issue. (That one’s rough.) Also handles Firefox open-in-new-tab without-switch-to, which is somewhat difficult. (Firefox apparently silently fails to set focus in a non-active tab.) Non-link directions are that it’s in the Grimoire section of lostsouls.org.

]]> By: Daniel Wagner http://www.wait-till-i.com/2006/10/09/tackling-automatic-field-focus-usability-issues/#comment-5156 Daniel Wagner Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:14:38 +0000 #comment-5156 Hey, neat! That's a good idea. One improvement might be possible. It looks like you're using "elms" to hold the id's of all the input fields. But you could replace <code> var elms = ['email','pw']; for(var i=0;i<elms .length;i++){ var elm = document.getElementById(elms[i]); </code> with something along the lines of <code> var elms = document.getElementsByTagName("input"); for(i=0;i<elms .length;i++){ var elm = elms[i]; </code> to make it more generic. ~d</elms></code></elms></code> Hey, neat! That’s a good idea. One improvement might be possible. It looks like you’re using “elms” to hold the id’s of all the input fields. But you could replace

var elms = ['email','pw'];
for(var i=0;i<elms .length;i++){
var elm = document.getElementById(elms[i]);

with something along the lines of

var elms = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
for(i=0;i<elms .length;i++){
var elm = elms[i];

to make it more generic.

~d

]]> By: Rowan http://www.wait-till-i.com/2006/10/09/tackling-automatic-field-focus-usability-issues/#comment-3328 Rowan Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:51:32 +0000 #comment-3328 Or you could have something like <code>onfocus="cancelInitialFocus()"</code> on each form field. Or I think you can do <code>document.addEventListener('focus',cancelInitialFocus,true)</code> and the <code>target</code> will be the form field that gets focused. I seem to remember being able to do something equivalent in IE. Or you could have something like onfocus="cancelInitialFocus()" on each form field.

Or I think you can do document.addEventListener('focus',cancelInitialFocus,true) and the target will be the form field that gets focused. I seem to remember being able to do something equivalent in IE.

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