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Re: LYNX-DEV numbered linx: 2 suggestions
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gregory j. rosmaita |
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Re: LYNX-DEV numbered linx: 2 suggestions |
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Fri, 10 Jan 1997 01:22:58 -0500 (EST) |
aloha, philip!
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Philip Webb wrote:
> -- someone suggested it mt be a problem for the blind: wd it?
no, not in any wise (although it did take me a couple of listens to figure
out exactly what it was you were asking--abbreviations, like emoticons, do
not work well with speech synthesis)
are you suggesting that individual form elements be numbered (i.e. each
checkbox, radio button, submit/reset button) and that one would be able to
move the cursor/activate the choice associated with that number by typing
it in? this might be a great aid to blind persons attempting to fill out
visually oriented forms (i.e. those which contain several options on a
single line)
i still favor the idea of a compile-time switch and/or (but prefereably
and) a lynx.cfg file option that allows the speech user to force lynx to
display checkboxes, radio buttons, and the like on single lines, much like
the multiple-select option to checkbox feature...
> -- i suspect there is some idea out there that numbering links is for novices,
> so that these small improvements have been overlooked.
i don't think this is a common conception at all--i know a large number of
sighted "power users" who use numbered links...
gregory.
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