Keyboard events add a layer of additional navigation to your site that can be a welcome surprise to your users. While we’re all well-versed in using a mouse to control interfaces there are situations where hitting the up and down keys on your keyboard can be a little easier. One simple example of where keyboard events have come in useful are the MySpace Photo Albums – we all expect the UI to go to the next image when you hit the "next" link, but when you’re able to flip through your entire album just using some keys on your keyboard..it’s a much much smoother experience (akin to what your users are used to on their desktops). There’s now a nice plug-in for jQuery that lets you get these kind of events into your application with ease – why not check out the JS-Hotkeys plugin.

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