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@Velocio
Yeah, I wanted to do away with some of the keyboard controls as they conflicted with expectations from other web apps with keyboard controls.
vBulletin had numbered shortcuts, send shortcuts, and multiple other shortcuts.
But... few of those cared about any language other than English, and most of them were a wild contrast to email web apps which tend to use a consistent set of keys.
Instead we went back to default browser behaviour... just relying on tab order.
You'll notice we set the tab order correctly for the majority of scenarios. i.e. that the tab doesn't jump to "upload file" (as it does on Github) or "Cancel" as it does in non-ordered web apps... but it jumps directly to your next most likely action: "Post reply".
The most complex place you can see this is on the Create/Edit Event page. The tab order follows the quickest path to submit an event, not the one to modify it to the greatest complexity.