Ben Reichelt’s Weblog

When Google Maps was released,
people raved about its interface, myself included, and on their
stunning use of dhtml to give the user a very rich experience. 
However, there is one part of their interface that annoys the hell out
of me.  I’m a big fan of tabbing through the form elements on a
page, I find it easier than using a mouse, and you never know if
pressing the ‘Enter’ key will submit a form or not.  In the case
of google maps, after you enter an address into the textbox at the top,
you would think that pressing the ‘Tab’ key would bring focus to the
‘Search’ button directly to its right, but you would be wrong, the
focus goes to a little, tiny link for “Help”.  Every single time I
go there I always end up trying to tab to the button and then realizing
that its not gonna work for me.  Its the little things I guess