I wonder if Apple's "Auto Web Spots" is different enough from the FS Placemarkers feature as FS is currently suing GW Micro over a patent infringement on this concept. There are a lot of problems with the FS patent but judges aren't always of the nuances that make one idea different from another.
cdh On Aug 24, 2009, at 5:21 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote: > The following is copied directly from the Apple site. > > Find information fast with auto web spots. > > Many web pages are filled with complex design elements or lack > useful HTML tags, making them difficult to convey through a screen > reader. So Apple invented new technologies to comprehend and > interpret the visual design of web pages, then use the information > to assign virtual tags called “auto web spots” to mark important > locations on the page. If you’re on a newspaper website, for > example, there might be an auto web spot for each lead story, > another for a box containing weather or sports scores, and so on. > You can jump from web spot to web spot with a keystroke or the flick > of a finger. And if there’s a particular feature on a site you visit > often, you can assign a “sweet spot” on that page so that VoiceOver > will go there first when the page opens. > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Marie Howarth <[email protected] > > wrote: > > one feature I just read they have in snow leopard is voice over will > now read the whole website to you. I cannot say I'm happy about this, > the one thing about VO I love is it does what I want it too not what > it thinks I want it too. ugh. apple why listen to them? > sorry, but what do others think? > > > > > > > -- > Check out our web site, www.giantdolphin.com > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
