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+<time class="article-timestamp" datetime="2014-11-30T17:20:20-0800">November 30, 2014</time>
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+<p>I've been using the Chromuim Opera for a long time, after Chrome's design went unbearably ugly around v32 (IIRC Opera stable channel was on v19 when I switched, which was released on January 28, 2014). From then on, Opera's <a href="http://help.opera.com/opera/Mac/1583/en/fasterBrowsing.html#advanced">advanced keyboard shortcuts</a> has become an integral part of my browsing habit. In particular, the following are especially handy for me:</p>
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+<li><code>1</code>: Cycle left through tabs;</li>
+<li><code>2</code>: Cycle right through tabs;</li>
+<li><code>/</code>: Find on page;</li>
+<li><code>Z</code>: Go back one page;</li>
+<li><code>X</code>: Go forward one page;</li>
+<li><code>0</code>: Zoom in;</li>
+<li><code>9</code>: Zoom out;</li>
+<li><code>6</code>: Reset zoom to 100%.</li>
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+<p>Lately, with the Yosemite release, Safari has become a much more competitive browser. I won't say why, and I admit that it has major missing features that still prevents it from becoming my default ā€” but I have to say Iā€™m gradually moving more of more of my browsing, especially reading, to Safari. It would be nice if I could carry my power user shortcuts with me. Fortunately, this is possible. Just modify the plist in the following way:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode bash"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span class="co">#!/usr/bin/env bash</span>
+<span class="ex">defaults</span> write com.apple.Safari NSUserKeyEquivalents <span class="st">'{</span>
+<span class="st">"Actual Size"="6";</span>
+<span class="st">"Back"="z";</span>
+<span class="st">"Find..."="/";</span>
+<span class="st">"Forward"="x";</span>
+<span class="st">"Show Previous Tab"="1";</span>
+<span class="st">"Show Next Tab"="2";</span>
+<span class="st">"Zoom In"="0";</span>
+<span class="st">"Zoom Out"="9";</span>
+<span class="st">}'</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>Relaunch Safari. You are all set! Enjoy the ultrafast single key navigating experience. To reset,</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode bash"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span class="ex">defaults</span> delete com.apple.Safari NSUserKeyEquivalents</code></pre></div>
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+<p><strong><em>2014/12/22 Update:</em></strong></p>
+<p>There's one caveat to this approach ā€” unlike in Opera, where the default layman shortcuts (e.g., āŒ˜F) are still available when advanced keyboard shorts are enabled, in Safari they are simply overwritten. This is annoying when the web page or web app binds certain keys, especially <code>/</code> to its own search bar (a notable example being google.com). In that case I have to admit defeat and click on the menu bar item, which takes a hundred times as long as a single <code>/</code> keystroke.</p>
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