[WEB4LIB] Surfing the Net for Handicapped

[Brian Westra]

While keyboard shortcuts may not fulfill all your requirements, there is
a good article reviewing them at 
http://www.onlineinc.com/onlinemag/OL1998/net5.html


Brian Westra                               westra at montana.edu
Assistant Professor/Reference Librarian    (406)994-5298
Montana State University Libraries
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT 59717-3320

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Lida Pinkham wrote:

> How would someone who was not able to use a mouse surf the internet?
> 
> In Netscape you can use Ctrl+L and then type in an address, but what if they want to activate a link on the page. 
> 
> Has anyone dealt with this before?  Is there a special browser, plug-in or something that would allow a patron to surf the internet using a keyboard?
> 
> Lida Pinkham
> Training Resource Coordinator
> Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg
> 704-353-0631
> lpinkham at plcmc.lib.nc.us
> http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us
> 
> "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.  If you want to get somwhere else, you must run at least twice as fast."
> ~Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking Glass
>