Just wondering where'd "Lynx the cat" come from? How'd someone come up with that, of all things? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 2:37 PM Subject: Re: getting off my windows dependency OK. This makes some sense, but I suspect we agree it can be a nuisance for adapted browsing. After reading your description--and thinking about your strategy for handling "tab browsing," I think I still prefer the way this works on the cat, meaning the cat's backspace key feature. Kenny Hitt writes: > Hi. > > Tab browsing is a feature found in Mozilla as well as elinks. The idea > is you have several pages open in a single browser session and you > switch between them by switching tabs. Consider a javascript that pops > up a new window. If it does it in a new tab, you can get back to the > actual site easily in the text console. > BTW, Mozilla actually opens a new Window instead of a tab which > can make browsing some sites a real pain. Since the new > windows are not accessible most of the time you are forced to alt-tab > until you find the origional window displayint the site. > Due to Mozilla's limited accessibility, I've found it a bad idea to > close these windows. It gets frustrating when you end up closing what > you think is the add only to find you closed the window displaying the > actual site. With tabs, the "windows" are kept in the browser instead > of becoming another task on your window list. > > Hope this helps. > Kenny > > > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 10:10:03AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Why would browsing by line, word, or char be a browser feature? It seems > > to me such functionality is the responsibility of the assistive > > technology, not the browser. > > > > Also, when you say "tab browsing," what does that mean? Is there some > > unique definition of tab browsing in elinks? > > > > > > Sergei V. Fleytin writes: > > > Hello, listers, > > > > > > >>>>> "m" == mikster4 <mikster4 at msn.com> writes: > > > > > > m> I was maening more that it is not how the web browser works itself, > > > m> it is something inserted by the screen reader. Normally you can't > > > m> cursor around the page in a web browser, only jump between the > > > m> controls. Maybe it is my mistake, but I thought the person was > > > m> expecting this behaviour to be in the web browser. > > > > > > I'd like to make some comment concerning this topic. Both links2 and > > > elinks allow users to navigate within a page like in an editor. Links2 > > > provide what they call "braille terminal" wich, in my opinion is a > > > very cool and convenient feature. Elinks also can be customize to > > > behave in similar fashion though it would not be as blind friendly as > > > braille terminal in links2. But elinks has so many cool features, > > > including tab browsing, that it really worth our attention. Below is a > > > fragment from my elinks.conf wich allow to move by characters and > > > lines within elinks using vi-like keybindings. > > > > > > > > > bind "main" "k" = "move-cursor-up" > > > bind "main" "l" = "move-cursor-right" > > > bind "main" "h" = "move-cursor-left" > > > bind "main" "j" = "move-cursor-down" > > > > > > set ui.show_status_bar = 0 > > > > > > I hope it would be useful for someone. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > With best regards, Sergei. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > > > If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different > > problem. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
