[webkit-dev] shiftLeft property compatibility

[David Kilzer]

Hi David,

Please file a bug/enhancement request on <http://bugs.webkit.org/>.  This is how the WebKit project tracks such requests.

Thanks!

Dave


On Fri, 10/3/08, David Ford <dford at cnsvs.com> wrote:

> We at CNS Vital Signs would like to request that the
> shiftLeft property 
> for the keydown and keyup events be implemented in the
> Safari web browser.
> 
> CNS Vital Signs has developed software that presents a
> series of 
> computerized neurocognitive tests that are designed to be
> used as a 
> routine part of a clinical practice, as a research
> instrument, and in 
> schools or workplaces where health and safety are an issue.
>  The CNS 
> Vital Signs test battery offers 54 languages and has been
> utilized as a 
> research tool in over 35 countries world wide.  The tests
> run on a PC 
> and are designed to collect responses from patients and
> calculate 
> performance scores based on the accuracy and timing of the
> response.  
> The original program was a stand-alone application that is
> downloaded 
> and installed on the PC. We have recently released a web
> version of the 
> same program.
> 
> One of the tests originally written makes use of the right
> and left 
> shift keys.  Patients are asked to press the left shift key
> or the right 
> shift key to respond to a presented rule.  Currently, only
> Internet 
> Explorer has implemented the shiftLeft property for the
> keydown and 
> keyup events.  Our pharmacutical customers require the web
> version of 
> our test be identical in nature to the local version, so we
> have had to 
> restrict all web deployments to support Internet Explorer
> only.
> 
> We have programmed the web application to use the right and
> left arrow 
> keys for other browsers but we have had to restrict
> it's use to clinical 
> practice use.
> 
> Thanks for considering our request.
> David J. Ford
> VP Quality Assurance
> CNS Vital Signs, LLC
> https://www.cnsvs.com
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