diff --git a/docs/user/tasks.rst b/docs/user/tasks.rst
index e19ac6e9b..7e77584b0 100644
--- a/docs/user/tasks.rst
+++ b/docs/user/tasks.rst
@@ -132,11 +132,14 @@ Hotkeys
 Some hotkeys are available to increase the productivity for keyboard users:
 
 CTRL + S
-  Save changes.
+  Save changes. Some browsers don't allow to overwrite the behaviour of this
+  key combination (e.g. Epiphany), so you can use ALT + S instead.
 
-CTRL + U
+CTRL + N
   Create a new task. The cursor will be placed in the first field of the new
-  task.
+  task. Some browsers don't allow to overwrite the behaviour of this
+  key combination (e.g. Chrome), so you can use ALT + N, CTRL + U or ALT + U
+  instead.
 
 CTRL + number
   The cursor will be placed in the first field of the first, second, third, etc.
diff --git a/web/tasks.php b/web/tasks.php
index aaf63ec07..e9bbd5bfe 100644
--- a/web/tasks.php
+++ b/web/tasks.php
@@ -1152,16 +1152,28 @@ function saveTasks() {
         key: 's',
         ctrl: true,
         stopEvent: true,
-        handler: function () {
-            saveTasks();
-        }
+        handler: saveTasks,
+    });
+    new Ext.KeyMap(document, {
+        //alternate shortcut for Epiphany
+        key: 's',
+        alt: true,
+        stopEvent: true,
+        handler: saveTasks,
     });
     new Ext.KeyMap(document, {
-        key: 'u',
+        key: 'un',
         ctrl: true,
         stopEvent: true,
         handler: newTask
     });
+    new Ext.KeyMap(document, {
+        //alternate shortcut for Epiphany
+        key: 'un',
+        alt: true,
+        stopEvent: true,
+        handler: newTask
+    });
     new Ext.KeyMap(document, {
         key: '123456789',
         ctrl: true,