From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cantata.rednote.net ([66.92.170.86]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AHOrR-0003Ma-00 for ; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 09:42:17 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id hA5EgFiM018895 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:42:16 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) id hA5EgFkY018893 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:42:15 -0500 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:42:14 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031105144214.GC17772@rednote.net> References: <20031105025927.GB30104@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Subject: Re: links and speakup X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 14:42:17 -0000 Hi, Luke: Do you mean that links the chain provides an option to go either way with tables? If so, I wasn't aware of it, and it would be a useful thing to be able to turn on and off. It's certainly easy enough to refresh a page. Luke Davis writes: > From: Luke Davis > > Janina > > The tables can be done either way: as actual tables (which can be quite > useful), or in the lynx (the cat) style. > > > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > This is off the top of my head so may not be fully accurate: > > > > 1.) You can get the hyperlinks to be numbered. I find that helpful. > > > > 2.) You can get the cursor to track. That's critical, of course. > > > > But, I think that's about it. The chain does not do the table > > serialization thing like the cat does, therefore you get islands of text > > on screen that someone can see belong together, but that reads very > > poorly with a screen reader's basically left to right and top to bottom > > reading strategy. > > > > Also, not all javascript pages will work. I'm sorry, I don't recall all > > the details. Hope this helps, though. > > > > Deedra Waters writes: > > > From: Deedra Waters > > > > > > I've seen people talk about being able to use links in the past. What I > > > want to know, is are there tips to getting links to play nice? I'm having > > > problems moving to some links on pages, and in others, if the page is in > > > columns it reads very badly. I'm in desperate need of a browser that > > > supports java script, so I can fill out some financial aid applications > > > for school. > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated, thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Freenode staff member: dmwaters@freenode.net , http://www.freenode.net > > > Debian gnu/linux: http://www.debian.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina@rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org