Groups mode gives you a visual layout of the screen. Unlike DOM mode,
it keeps items where they are meant to be. So the middle of the page
is still the middle of the page. A sidebar is on the side. A
navigation bar at the top will still be at the top. And so on.
I much prefer Groups mode over DOM mode, because it typically allows
faster browsing, once you understand how it works. As for grouping
items, this is done based on how the page has been put together, and
works very well, but it not fool-proof. Essentially, things are
grouped logically together, if they were grouped together on the page.
A paragraph, complete with all its inline links, for instance, would
be a single group.
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On Jul 12, 2009, at 10:56 AM, James Mannion wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have a question that I admit I may be able to figure out with some
> time and experimentation, but maybe some of you already know. What
> type of logic, interms of where things are located on a page, does
> groups mode use to organize the page? Meaning does it take some sort
> of inconsistent approach where it might take stuff from the middle of
> the page and put it first and stuff from the top and put it down
> further and so on, which is what I think it does. When it groups
> similar items though, does it take for certain into account that these
> similar items are located together at least? Groups mode appears that
> it may have some efficiency to it, but can one count on the context in
> groups mode of things that need to be located together such as a form
> element and its proper label that goes with it or might those things
> be taken from inconsistent random places and placed together? When I
> say placed together I am not necessarily saying that they are placed
> in a group, but just when you are navigating they are together in
> terms of vo-right arrow moving you along the order they are placed in.
>
> Jim
>
> >
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