I am telling you all this in the light of the fact that Facebook is one of the biggest time-sinks we have around us these days. It has been estimated (last year’s figures) that on an average Facebook users spend at least 12 minutes and 26 seconds on the social network daily. That’s a generalization of course, because I personally spend more. The point is that we can spend those minutes more efficiently by learning some keyboard shortcuts. Yes, Facebook has them for both Chrome and Firefox. And you don’t even have to strain to remember them because they are all activated with the Alt key in Chrome and the Alt + Shift key in Firefox. An example:
Alt+?: SearchAlt+m: Compose a new messageAlt+1: Home pageAlt+2: Your profile pageAlt+3: Friend requestsAlt+4: Your messagesAlt+5: NotificationsAlt+6: Account pageAlt+7: PrivacyAlt+8: Facebook’s Facebook pageAlt+9: Facebook Terms/AgreementAlt+0: Facebook help center
But more than Facebook pages, I think you will tend to use shortcut keys more for browsing through Facebook photos. Please note that the keyboard shortcuts work only in the Lightbox mode. Left and Right arrow keys: Navigate between photos. L : Like photos. Another press on L, ‘un-Likes’ them. Hope that helps. The above article may contain affiliate links which help support Guiding Tech. However, it does not affect our editorial integrity. The content remains unbiased and authentic.
