First, your favorites are not showing up as html because a favorite is just a tiny file holding an address. Essentially, selecting a favorite is just a shortcut to typing in that favorite's address.
Html is hypertext markup language. Basically, it is a set of keywords, called "tags", that surround text. Web browsers know what these tags indicate and so they know how to show things like links, forms, tables, lists, and so on. It is not a programming language in the strict sense of the term, since it merely defines how text should be structured. It is a markup language, not a programming language. When used as a file extension (as in file.htm or file.html - same thing, really) it refers to the type of file. In an htm or html file you will find html text, or text marked up with the html language. You can view or edit this text on a computer or any bn product except the Apex (for some reason html files will not open properly on the apex with ks9.0x). The programs I have made using html and javascript (a basic programming language that is run by a web browser) are stored as html files. Html files do not require a web connection to work, which is how you can store a file and view it even if you are offline. If, however, the file tries to access information on another server, you may have problems. HTTP is hypertext transfer protocol (you will also see https from time to time; it is just a secure version of http). This is a protocol, or a set of rules, by which web content is moved from a remote server to your machine. It originally only moved html files, hence the name, but it is now used for most any file going from a server to a local machine. Most web URLs (universal resource locators - basically the address of a file or website) use a prefix to tell the browser what sort of protocol to use. If you load a locally stored html file in keyweb, then look at the url by exiting to the "address" prompt, you will see something starting with "file://". If you go to google.com you would see "http://";, and if you have a gmail account and go to gmail.com you will see "https://";. These prefixes just tell keyweb what set of rules to use when retrieving or closing the file(s) being requested. Html is the only one of these terms capable of being a file in its own right; http is just a transfer protocol to handle moving the html file across the internet. I hope this made at least some sense. On 7/31/10, David Meador <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Alex and Listors: > > Alex, what a wonderful answer and set of steps you gave Michel on > the topic, "regarding reading HTML files." > > However, a surprise. Even though I have 25 or 30 U R L sites on > my Favorites List, none showed up as HTML files when I followed > your easy steps. But there is from my viewpoint another > question. It's what the heck does HTTP and HTML really mean? > > I I did a little research tonight, and am here sending a couple > of very brief definition attachments if anyone is interested. I > got them by way of my braille keyboard Empower Voice Note and > Google search. And I am here sending a third attachment of my > own creation. It offers my humble attempt at creating an analogy > to distinguish HTTP and HTML in every-day layman's terms. Yes, > I must have too much time on my hands. > > But here's my question for you, Alex, or anyone else who might > care to answer. Why would a user like me want to fool around > calling web pages HTML or HTTP files? It seems to me HTML is > most often thought of as simply meaning a page copied off a web > site. But technically, they are languages not pages, I believe. > But somewhere I'm mixed up, obviously. Thanks again for your > many responses and technical savvy. > > Sincerely, > > David > > > > Beyond Vision > > Nashville, TN 615-385-0784 > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Alex Hall <[email protected] >>To: michele thredgold <[email protected] >>Date sent: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:24:09 -0400 >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Reading HTML Files > >>1. Open keyweb so that you are at the "address" prompt. > >>2. Press backspace to select a folder, just like anywhere else > in >>keysoft; think of the "address" prompt as the "file to open" > prompt in >>keyword, or a similar prompt anywhere you have to select a file. > >>3. Once you have chosen the folder and are back at the "address" >>prompt, press space to see "list of favorites in folderName > folder". > >>4. Press space-x (read-x I think) until you see "list of all > html, >>text, and braille documents in folderName folder". > >>5. Find the html file to be read and press enter. You may save > the >>file as a favorite like any other webpage if you want to. > >>On 7/31/10, michele thredgold <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> Hi listers. Could someone outline the steps for reading an HTML >>> file on the BN? I know you need a web browser but how does one >>> locate the files from Keyweb? > >>> Thanks. > >>> Michele > >>> ___ >>> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >>> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >>> copy to the list as well. > >>> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>> [email protected] >>> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > >>-- >>Have a great day, >>Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>[email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > >>___ >>Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >>If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >>copy to the list as well. > >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[email protected] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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