Re: Surfing the Net for Handicapped

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From: Ernest C Ackermann
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 00:00

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-> How would someone who was not able to use a mouse surf the internet?
->
-> In Netscape you can use Ctrl+L and then type in an address, but what if =
-> they want to activate a link on the page.=20
->
-> Has anyone dealt with this before?  Is there a special browser, plug-in =
-> or something that would allow a patron to surf the internet using a =
-> keyboard?

Not sure about Netscape 3. In Netscape 4 press Ctrl+O to open a page and
one could type the URL there.
Once the page is retrieved, pressing Tab takes you from one hyperlink to
another. Press Enter to follow the hyperlink.

At least that's what Netscape 4.05 does on my Windows 95 system.


AND today's special is ...
 In case you haven't heard, the Internet is not a superhighway.
   - Bill Washburn, _Internet_World_, Feb. 1995


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Ernest C. Ackermann              URL http://www.mwc.edu/ernie
Department of Computer Science   Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg, VA 22401-5358    VOICE 540 - 654 - 1320
ernie@mwc.edu                    FAX   540 - 654 - 1068

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