Re: mouse over links
- From: Bruce Toews <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:11:17 -0500 (CDT)
If you're in an unfamiliar Web site and you seem to be missing out on
information, that can be part of your arsenal of choices as to how to
remedy the situation.
bruce
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Steve Gomes wrote:
> hey bruce the thing is how do we know when to turn it on.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Toews" <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 12:03 AM
> Subject: RE: mouse over links
>
>
>> It's important to have the option, I agree, and I'm glad FS has made it
>> available. But generally speaking, I am visiting a site and want to plough
>> through it as quickly as possible for a specific nugget of information: in
>> and out as quickly as I can. For me, having it off by default, then
>> turning it on should it be necessary, is a preference. I have no qualm
>> with the fact that the reverse is the default, provided I can change it,
>> which I can. It's strictly a preferential thing, and again JFW shows its
>> strength in its flexibility.
>>
>> Bruce
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>> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Kathleen A. Millhoff wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Interesting.
>>> I've enjoyed reading this, but wondered why, if possible, people would
> want
>>> to turn this feature off. Doesn't its existence provide necessary
>>> information to understanding of a web site? I don't know enough to
>>> understand all the facets of this discussion, but I usually want as much
>>> info as possible and the mouse over links don't seem to interfere with
> what
>>> I need to do.
>>> Thanks.
>>> best,
>>> kat
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
>>> Behalf Of david poehlman
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:51 PM
>>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: mouse over links
>>>
>>>
>>> the answer I provided was not useless nor was it a non answer. It was
> and
>>> still is and will remain till we are told otherwise, the correct answer
> to
>>> the question. For one thing, the turning on and off of on mouse over
> links
>>> is not even a subject for discussion on this list which is why I posted
> my
>>> explanation which you no doubt have seen by now. For another, We had
> this
>>> discussion a few days ago and it was carried in two threads. The
> correct
>>> term for this element attribute is on mouse over and the correct term
> for
>>> the question is how do I stop jaws from indicating element attributes?
>>>
>>> Since however, the question posed was: "how do I turn off mouse over
> links,
>>> examining it provides a non sequetor but I deduced that the question was
>>> actually: "how do I turn off on mouse over links?" To which I still
>>> respond, it is not currently possible to do this in jaws, but you might
> want
>>> to suggest that it be provided as a function in a future version of
> jaws.
>>>
>>> Johnnie Apple Seed
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Bruce Toews" <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:29 AM
>>> Subject: Re: mouse over links
>>>
>>>
>>> Then instead of giving a useless nonanswer to the question, I suggest
> that
>>> if you would rather not concern yourself wth a question that you just
>>> delete the queston and move on.
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
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>>> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, david poehlman wrote:
>>>
>>>> yes, but it was exaustively discussed a few days ago.
>>>>
>>>> Johnnie Apple Seed
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Bruce Toews" <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:51 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: mouse over links
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but you know what was meant by the question.
>>>>
>>>> Bruce
>>>>
>>>>
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