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I use browser plugins that allow me to avoid using the mouse (Vimperator for Firefox, for example). It's not unusual for me to run a search query and view several sites using only the keyboard. I'm replying to your post now without ever touching the mouse. I think your approach is clever and the advantages may outweigh the disadvantages, but it may need some refinement to avoid false positives.

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I believe you're even more of an outlier than people with javascript disabled.

Eh. It depends upon the audience of your web site. If it's web site with a programmer audience, there is probably going to be a non-trivial portion of your users that are using plugins like vimperator or vimium.

Yes, I'm not sure if this approach would pass the Accessibility test. (Think text-to-speech browsers, customized control setups, and so on. Some people really cannot use a mouse.)

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