Re: mouse over links
- From: "Steve Gomes" <finnygomes@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:17:08 -0600
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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