getting off my windows dependency

[Janina Sajka]

Why would browsing by line, word, or char be a browser feature? It seems
to me such functionality is the responsibility of the assistive
technology, not the browser.

Also, when you say "tab browsing," what does that mean? Is there some
unique definition of tab browsing in elinks?


Sergei V. Fleytin writes:
> Hello, listers,
> 
> >>>>> "m" == mikster4  <mikster4 at msn.com> writes:
> 
> m> I was maening more that it is not how the web browser works itself,
> m> it is something inserted by the screen reader. Normally you can't
> m> cursor around the page in a web browser, only jump between the
> m> controls. Maybe it is my mistake, but I thought the person was
> m> expecting this behaviour to be in the web browser.
> 
> I'd like to make some comment concerning this topic. Both links2 and
> elinks allow users to navigate within a page like in an editor. Links2
> provide what they call "braille terminal" wich, in my opinion is a
> very cool and convenient feature. Elinks also can be customize to
> behave in similar fashion though it would not be as blind friendly as
> braille terminal in links2. But elinks has so many cool features,
> including tab browsing, that it really worth our attention. Below is a
> fragment from my elinks.conf wich allow to move by characters and
> lines within elinks using vi-like keybindings.
> 
> 
> bind "main" "k" = "move-cursor-up"
> bind "main" "l" = "move-cursor-right"
> bind "main" "h" = "move-cursor-left"
> bind "main" "j" = "move-cursor-down"
> 
> set ui.show_status_bar = 0
> 
> I hope it would be useful for someone.
> 
> 
> -- 
> With best regards, Sergei.
> 
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