Hi Everyone - writing to introduce YipYip! to you all.
It is an open source framework for selecting links on the web without the use of a mouse. We've optimized it for Gmail and a few other sites, but ideally the community (aka you!) adapts it to work on whichever websites you need. (Firefox extension coming soon)
It's pretty simple to use:
1⃣ YipYip is an always-on search & keyboard navigation assistant that turns Gmail (and any other website) into a keyboard-first product.
2⃣ Just type to search.
3⃣ YipYip highlights any buttons or links in the page matching your search.
4⃣ Press Tab to jump through the matches.
5⃣ Press Enter to select the current match.
Voila!
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YipYip! can be optimized to perform better on any given website and it is open source. Feel free to check out the GitHub: https://github.com/comake/yip-yip/
Inspired by Avatar the Last Airbender. Just like Avatar Aang uses Appa to fly through the his world, you can use YipYip to fly through the web: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiqBt372ESk
Legit question: What’s the main difference between this and using cmd-f search built into the browse? Other than the fact it’s one less key press to use, which in itself honestly does sound pretty nice. (Since the home page even brings up autohide with the ability to use that keyboard shortcut to open it deliberately, which is normally used by the browser itself)
andreseg|4 years ago
It is an open source framework for selecting links on the web without the use of a mouse. We've optimized it for Gmail and a few other sites, but ideally the community (aka you!) adapts it to work on whichever websites you need. (Firefox extension coming soon)
It's pretty simple to use:
1⃣ YipYip is an always-on search & keyboard navigation assistant that turns Gmail (and any other website) into a keyboard-first product.
2⃣ Just type to search.
3⃣ YipYip highlights any buttons or links in the page matching your search.
4⃣ Press Tab to jump through the matches.
5⃣ Press Enter to select the current match.
Voila!
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YipYip! can be optimized to perform better on any given website and it is open source. Feel free to check out the GitHub: https://github.com/comake/yip-yip/
There are some ideas in there with regards to how to improve overall web accessibility by connecting something like the Web Speech API: (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_...)
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Inspired by Avatar the Last Airbender. Just like Avatar Aang uses Appa to fly through the his world, you can use YipYip to fly through the web: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiqBt372ESk
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Excited to learn what you all think!
FreezerburnV|4 years ago
adlerfaulkner|4 years ago
Seriously, such a simple thing can make such a big difference. You'll never have to use your mouse again!
We'd love to have you contribute to the contexual rules that make YipYip smarter on each website you use.