links and speakup

[Janina Sajka]

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 <ldavis at shellworld.net>
> 
> 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 <deedra at dmwaters.us>
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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Janina Sajka
Email: janina at 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