Hi Ann Marie, No, this feature is something I have not experimented withh, mainly because I am not a big user of the Internet & do not have several windows open at 1 time when I am using it. Take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Marie Medlar To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] online banking Hi Mike, Do you use this feature at all? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara In Arcadia" <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] online banking > Hi Yvonne & Alan, > > Below is a note that I had saved regarding Karat Browsing. > > FROM > http://blogmines.com/blog/2009/07/15/what-is-caret-browsing-in-internet-explorer-8/ > Caret Browsing is cool feature available in Internet Explorer 8. > Rather than using a mouse to select text and move around within a webpage, > you can use standard navigation keys on your keyboard-Home, End, Page Up, > Page > Down, and the arrow keys. This feature is called Caret Browsing and is > named > after the caret-or cursor-that appears when you edit a document. > > From Yahoo: > In computing, caret navigation is a kind of keyboard navigation where a > caret (also known as "text cursor", "text insertion cursor", or "text > selection > cursor") is used to navigate within a text document. It is a fundamental > feature for applications that deal with text, for example text editors, > word > processors > and desktop publishing programs. > > This kind of navigation is also supported by the Mozilla-based web > browsers, > where it is referred as "caret browsing". A shortcut key (F7) is assigned > to toggle between caret mode and non-caret mode. In caret mode, a blinking > caret appears within the webpage. User can then navigate the webpage using > arrow > keys. The navigation is finer than spatial navigation and tabbing > navigation, which deals with hyperlinks only, but most times it is slower. > > so basically if you have a PSP or cellphone browser... that's what it > becomes like.. where you can move up and down by using the arrow keys > [they > jump > to the next link] > > to turn it off press F7 again... > so all-in-all, its changing your settings on a webpage so you can navigate > the page with the keyboard opposed to the mouse. > From me: > We can already do this FASTER with JAWS. > BTW: Caret Browsing is also available in FireFox. > > Hope this helps, somewhat!. Take care. > Mike > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Robbins > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 5:10 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] online banking > > > When one is hungry for vegetables? (just kidding, I have the > same question) > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]On Behalf Of > Yvonne > Oliver > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 3:15 AM > To: blind computing > Subject: [Blind-Computing] online banking > > > hi > I use online banking and sometimes when I try to press > insert F7 I hit the > wrong key and get a message saying carat browsing > can anyone tell me just what carat browsing is and what it > does? > is it any advantage > thank you > Yvonne > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
