Well, will somebody look at http://www.play.columbiahouse.com and explaine
what is going on there. Sometimes it seems to be working great and then
other times it seems that JFW will get to a particular link on a page when
you ar looking at the selections on a particular album or a list of albums,
and the next thing you know JFW has jumped backwards up the screen some
random number of links.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Poehlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: Url re: the Missing marvelous keystroke "page Down" for moving
to next screen on web
> Hi, Let's take this complex problem and break it down. The problem as
> it now exists is that there are lots of styles for using the web.
> Some people are used to being able to easily skip past the top links
> and going on to read what they wish to read in this context an
> article. If web designers continue to insist on coding pages in this
> manner, this will continue to be an option that might please some.
> Now, in the newest itteration of jfw with ie, it is not easily
> possible to skip those links. We have already dealt with the page
> down issue so we shall now deal with the practice. Austensably, there
> are stories which are "continued" and there is a link that expresses
> this. In the 4.01 behaviour, it is possible to easily get to this
> continu link by hitting page down. in the current itteration, it is
> not. I've tried both ways and I have also tried ins+enter which does
> not seem to help here for some reason.
>
> I have a fairly good understanding of the problem and I know there are
> solutions other than "page down" and I also know that it is possible
> to do it the old way but if I can help further either for someone to
> understand the problem or to answer it, I'd be happy to do so.
> Thanks!
>
>
> Development Manager wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just followed the link to the CNN Fn Companies page. I then hit
return on
> > the link labeled, "Dell Profits Don't Impress" (or something like that).
I
> > was brought to a page that started off with a whole pile of links and
then
> > heard then entire story about Dell. Did I do something wrong? I'm
trying
> > to reproduce this problem so we can get it fixed so any further
information
> > would be very helpful.
> >
> > cdh
> >
> > Chris Hofstader
> > Development Manager
> > Henter-Joyce, Inc.
> > (727) 803-8000
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tusing
> > Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 7:32 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Url re: the Missing marvelous keystroke "page Down" for moving
> > to next screen on web
> >
> > Greetings,
> > After speaking to a marvelous friend who is very knowledgeable, here is
one
> > url where the problem exists. The url is
> >
> > http://www.cnnfn.com/news/companies/
> >
> > Now, pick any company you wish. Once one finds the company which is
easy,
> > you are read the title. Actually after the title, there are 4 more
lines
> > of text which are never read until you go to the next page. Anyhow,
the
> > only way to get to that "next page" where the whole story can be found
is
> > "to turn off Virtual cursor and do the famous Page down keystroke". I
tried
> > "read all" and down arrowing and lots of things. The point is unless you
get
> > to the next page, there *simply is no story* so why go there? And if
> > Virtual cursor issuch a fine thing--which it actually is-- "why kill it"
to
> > invoke page down to move to *next screen*?
> > Thanks.
> >
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