Buzz Keyboard Shortcuts

Mute – m
Next – n
Previous - p
Like – shift + L
Respond – r (comment)
Open – o (expand comments)
Goto Buzz (while @ gmail.com) – g b

Enable Google Buzz Keyboard Shortcuts

* If you already have keyboard shortcuts enabled for you Gmail then you are good to go!

Steps

1) Login to Gmail
2) Navigate to “Settings”
3) Navigate to “General” tab (Should go there by default)
4) Toggle radio button on for “Keyboard shortcuts on”
5) Save Changes
6) Reload page (I’m guessing this is needed to load shortcut script)
7) Give your mouse the cold shoulder!

Problem / Frustration

I’ve always been frustrated after doing a “Find” in Firefox

or bringing up the Mac “Force Quit Applications” window

that I’m not able to close it with a keyboard shortcut because it looses focus. Well, the other day I figured out one way to close both using the keyboard! Woohooo!

How To Fix

1. Use same keyboard shortcut to bring up same window
2. Press ‘esc’
3. Done!

Did you know that some OS X applications use the escape key to auto complete what you have typed? Much like the tab completion feature found in most linux command line shells continue reading the rest of the article…

Set cursor focus in Firefox to search box -> cmd + K
Set cursor focus in most Mac OS X browsers -> cmd + L

Two of my most used and most useful keyboard shortcuts while browsing the web using Firefox on Mac OS X

My good friend Mike showed me the keyboard shortcut to jump to the Firefox search box after he accidentally stumbled upon it. Thanks Mike!