I am confused. I just went to a web page and the route JAWS to PC worked
as normal. I am using the version of IE5 that came on the JFW3.3 CD
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:44:01 -0500 "Tusing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dear Vince,
> I could not thank you more for stating my point better than I did.
> the
> "route JAWS to PC" worked like a charm in IE 4.01. If Henter Joyce
> was
> going to remove that command, then why not ask people if we liked it
> or
> disliked it. In complex web sites, the route jAWS to PC often simply
> was
> easier to use.
> Do any other people agree? What would it take to get that function
> back
> again? Thanks, Vince.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vince Tomassetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 10:39 AM
> Subject: RE: I miss route JAWS to PC in IE 5Fw: Clicking on URLs in
> MS
> Outlook
>
>
> > Sorry David I disagree.
> >
> > Although the list of links is a very useful feature it is not
> always the
> > most efficient way of accessing a link. If we are browsing a
> sight like
> > CNN, as illustrated in the JFW training tapes, things work well.
> You can
> > press W for weather, S for sports , etc. And your there within a
> few
> > keystrokes. However, most webpages are more complicated than
> this. Too
> > often the list of links presents list of "Click Here", "Click",
> and other
> > non descriptive links. There may be two or more links with the
> same name.
> > With the list of links we do not get the full context. At least
> with the
> > rout JAWS to PC command we can get the mouse on the correct "Click
> here"
> > link. At least we can use the JAWS cursor to get more context. I
> think
> you
> > get my point.
> >
> >
> > Furthermore, I want to bring up another shortcoming of browsing in
> IE.
> > Without the ability to toggle between tracking links with focus
> rectangles
> > and tranking links with underline text sometimes finding links
> takes
> > Too many keystrokes. For example, if you are reading a long web
> page and
> > you finally come upon a link you wish to click that is five
> screens and 40
> > links into the page when you press tab you must start from the
> beggining.
> > With searching the visible screen for underlined text you can find
> the
> link
> > faster and still have the ability of getting extra context if
> neccessary
> > without loosing your position on the webpage. At this point you
> are
> probably
> > wanting to direct me back to your original point of using the list
> of
> links.
> > An of course that is a good strategy. However, the reality is
> that each
> > webpage is different and there are too many situations for
> limiting our
> > means of accessing them. Any extra tools to work with makes our
> jobs
> > easier.
> >
> > With all the excelent features in IE I find it a shame to resort
> to using
> > Netscape for some webpages for the reasons i have already stated
> above.
> >
> > Sorry for consuming so much band width.
> >
> > Kindest Regards,
> > Vince.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of David
> Poehlman
> > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 10:15 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: I miss route JAWS to PC in IE 5Fw: Clicking on URLs
> in MS
> > Outlook
> >
> > no, it is just as simple to get a link list and hit the first
> letter
> > of the linkname to get there.
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