FS are desperate, and they're only going to get more desperate. On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
> Huh, good luck cause FS hasn't a leg to stand on in the GW Micro > case and they couldn't say a word about Apple's implementation. FS > must be pretty desperate. > On Aug 25, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > >> I wonder if Apple's "Auto Web Spots" is different enough from the >> FS Placemarkers feature as FS is currently suing GW Micro over a >> patent infringement on this concept. There are a lot of problems >> with the FS patent but judges aren't always of the nuances that >> make one idea different from another. >> >> cdh >> On Aug 24, 2009, at 5:21 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote: >> >>> The following is copied directly from the Apple site. >>> >>> Find information fast with auto web spots. >>> >>> Many web pages are filled with complex design elements or lack >>> useful HTML tags, making them difficult to convey through a screen >>> reader. So Apple invented new technologies to comprehend and >>> interpret the visual design of web pages, then use the information >>> to assign virtual tags called “auto web spots” to mark important >>> locations on the page. If you’re on a newspaper website, for >>> example, there might be an auto web spot for each lead story, >>> another for a box containing weather or sports scores, and so on. >>> You can jump from web spot to web spot with a keystroke or the >>> flick of a finger. And if there’s a particular feature on a site >>> you visit often, you can assign a “sweet spot” on that page so >>> that VoiceOver will go there first when the page opens. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Marie Howarth <marie.jane2...@gmail.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>> one feature I just read they have in snow leopard is voice over will >>> now read the whole website to you. I cannot say I'm happy about >>> this, >>> the one thing about VO I love is it does what I want it too not what >>> it thinks I want it too. ugh. apple why listen to them? >>> sorry, but what do others think? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Check out our web site, www.giantdolphin.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
