[tabi] Re: steps for getting the full text of an article from the Democrat web site

  • From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:46:09 -0400

Good point liz, about the "mobile" versions of web pages.  it's a great
way to get to your comcast email, which is otherwise inaccessible, for
instance.

to get to the comcast mobile pages, just go to:

http://m.comcast.net

Chip





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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission

Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314

 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elizabeth S. Bowden
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:13 PM
> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tabi] Re: steps for getting the full text of an 
> article from the Democrat web site
> 
> thanks Chip,
> That's really a good way to access those things which can 
> sometimes get lost 
> in the clutter.  Also, another way to do things that works 
> occasionally, is 
> to choose the mobile version of the web page.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Darla J. Rogers" <djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:49 AM
> Subject: [tabi] Re: steps for getting the full text of an 
> article from the 
> Democrat web site
> 
> 
> > Thanks, Chip; I must  be missing one of these steps, so I'm 
> going to save 
> > them.
> >
> > Gratefully,
> >
> > Darla
> >
> >
> > Darla J. Rogers, B.A., M.S.
> >
> > Skype ID."  wildflower0628
> > "Today, I will search for my own truth and will allow 
> others to do the
> > same.  I will place value on my vision, as well as on the vision of
> > others.  We are each on the journey, making our own discoveries--the
> > ones that are right for us today."
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 5:42 PM
> > Subject: [tabi] steps for getting the full text of an 
> article from the 
> > Democrat web site
> >
> >
> >> Hi Darla and all,
> >>
> >> if you want to get the full text of an article that you 
> know something
> >> about, from the Democrat's web site, you can follow these steps:
> >>
> >> * go to google; I prefer the version optimized for screen 
> reader use at:
> >> http://labs.google.com/accessible/
> >>
> >> this version places each "hit" in the heading format, so 
> you can use
> >> your screen readers feature for moving between headings to 
> easily move
> >> from one "hit" to the next.  in window eyes, you just keep 
> pressing the
> >> letter "h" to go to the next heading.
> >>
> >> * go to the editbox where you enter your search terms.  
> add the words
> >> which should bring up the article you're after (in Darl's 
> request, I
> >> used "restaurant" and "close", but I did not enter the 
> quote marks).
> >>
> >> * before you submit this search, add a term which makes 
> google search
> >> only the Democrat's site; you add "site:tallahassee.com", but again
> >> without the quote marks.  the operator I just added tells 
> google to only
> >> search the tallahassee.com web site.
> >>
> >> now, when you press enter, you'll have a list of hits, each one a
> >> heading; move between them until you find one which sounds like the
> >> headline of the story you want, and press enter on it to go to it.
> >>
> >> on the Democrat's page you go to, you can press the "h" 
> command again to
> >> move between headings until you find the one which is the 
> title of the
> >> story, and you can read some of it from that point to 
> verify that it's
> >> what you're looking for.
> >>
> >> once you know it's what you want, use your browsers option 
> which brings
> >> up a list of links on the page; in window eyes it's insert 
> plus tab.
> >> find the link for "print", and choose it.
> >>
> >> this will reformat the story without any advertising or 
> extraneous text,
> >> and then it will automatically start the printing process for your
> >> browser.  you'll see a dialog open, and controls allowing 
> you to choose
> >> a printer, how many copies you want, etc.  don't print, 
> just press the
> >> escape key to close this dialog.
> >>
> >> finally, you're now in a web page that's the story, and 
> only the story,
> >> that you want.  you can go to the top to read it all, or 
> use control a
> >> and control c to copy and paste it into an email.  you may 
> have to trim
> >> off the very bottom line of the page, which isn't part of 
> the story.
> >>
> >> hth,
> >>
> >> Chip
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Chip Orange
> >> Database Administrator
> >> Florida Public Service Commission
> >>
> >> Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> (850) 413-6314
> >>
> >> (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
> >> necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service 
> Commission.)
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darla J. Rogers
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 4:56 PM
> >>> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [tabi] 4 Resturants to Close in Tallahassee
> >>>
> >>> I still  haven't figured out the Democrat's website, but
> >>> several people I
> >>> encountered today said 4 restaurants are closing, including
> >>> Anthony's.  Any
> >>> light someone could shed on this?  I'd sure hate to go out to
> >>> dinner at a
> >>> nonexistent restaurant.
> >>>
> >>> Darla & Seeing Eye Dog Roxy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Darla J. Rogers, B.A., M.S.
> >>>
> >>> Skype ID."  wildflower0628
> >>> "Today, I will search for my own truth and will allow 
> others to do the
> >>> same.  I will place value on my vision, as well as on the 
> vision of
> >>> others.  We are each on the journey, making our own 
> discoveries--the
> >>> ones that are right for us today."
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