[NFBCS] Updated keyboard shortcuts and first-letters navigation now available on Google Drive

[Amanda Lacy]

Oh thank God. Now if only they could make keyboard navigation in general easier. For example, I can't navigate a table in a Google Doc, because the multi-key, multi-press keystrokes are too complex to hold in working memory while I'm also thinking about the table.

> On May 1, 2024, at 4:29 PM, Curtis Chong via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings to all:
>  
> Starting today, May 1, 2024, first-letter navigation has been released by Google for widespread use by the public. First-letter navigation is something for which some of us in Colorado have been pushing for almost six years now. We were repeatedly told by folks at Google that this was simply not possible.
>  
> Well, Google has finally made this possible. Check out the announcement at https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/04/first-letters%20navigation-google-drive.html#:~:text=First%2Dletters%20navigation%20enables%20users,item%20starting%20with%20that%20letter.
>  
> According to the announcement:
>  
> "Starting today, you can begin opting into the new shortcuts immediately through a banner notification in Drive or by going to Drive > Settings > Keyboard shortcuts > Update now. On August 1, 2024, Drive keyboard shortcuts will be automatically updated to first-letters navigation for all users. Once shortcuts are updated, you will also be able to see shortcuts where applicable in menus and on hover in toolbars in Drive."
>  
> Anyone who has become accustomed to the traditional Google Drive keyboard commands is advised that many commands have changed to make way for first-letter navigation. Honestly, I do not know any other way Google could have pulled this off.
>  
> Kudos to the folks in the Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology for continuing to press for this for more than six years despite Google's claim that this simply could not be done.
>  
> Kind regards,
>  
> Curtis Chong
>  
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