google/gmail seems to be disabling keyboard shortcuts

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google/gmail seems to be disabling keyboard shortcuts

has anyone else noticed this? I first noticed this in gmail, on safari, that I can't do either a command-tab, command-f to find, or just about any other keyboard shortcut when the gmail tab is active. I thought I noticed it today on the top google search page www.google.com, but just before I started this post, it now appears to be fine.

any thoughts about this interaction with gmail?

-jon

Message was edited by: Jon Straalsund

MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo), Mac OS X (10.5.4), TimeCapsule 1gig

Posted on Nov 24, 2008 2:45 PM

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Nov 24, 2008 3:42 PM in response to Jon Straalsund

p.s. Today's update, Safari 3.2.1, doesn't seem to help. -jon

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Nov 24, 2008 10:52 PM in response to Jon Straalsund

I uninstalled the google video chat stuff, rebooted, and that didn't seem to help as well. -jon

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liao

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Dec 2, 2008 12:59 PM in response to Jon Straalsund

Same problem here. No normal keyboard shortcuts are working in gmail or google docs. Any clues?

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Dec 3, 2008 11:43 AM in response to liao

I've tried various things with Google's setup and nothing seems to work. The weird part on my computer is that this is tab specific. If I switch to another tab, the shortcuts work fine.

I submitted a bug report, from the Safari menu, that the behavior is wrong.

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Dec 3, 2008 11:51 AM in response to Jon Straalsund

Just curious if there any setup files that I could reset? thanks -jon

p.s. I've tried the reset safari menu item, both going through the options one at a time and finally selecting all the options

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Dec 11, 2008 10:01 AM in response to Jon Straalsund

today, it seems to be fixed. other than using the safari reset menu, I haven't really done anything.

I don't know if I mentioned, but I do use 1password to keep track of my passwords and would recommend it to anyone. It's integrated into all my browsers on my mac and I can use it on my other two computers.

-jon

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