Re: Surfing the Net for Handicapped

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From: susan larsson
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 00:00

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At 09:50 AM 10/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
>On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Lida Pinkham wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
>        The Opera browser apparently can be used by people unable to
>use a mouse.

i use opera as my main browser, and it is fully operable from the keyboard.
i highly recommend it - it loads quickly, you can toggle graphics on and
off, and the keyboard functions are extremely convenient.

fwiw,
susan


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