On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:39:55 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 22:29:33 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>> Good idea. The problem is that the user doesn't know just where the buttons
>> and ikons are on the screen. He would have to probe for them by using some
>> kind of search pattern. If there were a table having all the buttons at the
>> same location on every screen, then such a system would probably work fine.
> Hi Sam;
> The search pattern is built in. Hit Tab. You will get the first link on
> the page the first time you hit it. Then you move through all ONSCREEN
> links until the cylcle begins again at the firat link. Shift TAB backs
> up. The status bar displays the link info it graphical representation
> of text format the target? of the link.
This is the way Bobcat and Lynx work, but the "status bar" with these
programs is not graphical. It is ascii text, and perfectly compatible
with a screen reader.
> Two things to do:
> One, send the status message somehow to DOS for redirection or send it
> directly to the printer port.
> Two, inform the user by some means that a page down is required to
> access more links. This could be done right now by simply trying pgdn
> and testing the links.
This is how Karen uses Bobcat and Lynx. She is hoping to find some way
of using Arachne too. I think King Michael is correct in his opinion
that for now, the text browsers provide for her the better way to surf.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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