[WEB4LIB] Surfing the Net for Handicapped

[Jay Smith]

Lida,

The internet browser Opera (http://www.operasoftware.com/) has features
(keyboard navigation etc.) that are supposed to make it easy to use 
without the mouse.  It's not free (costs about $30).  A free beta
version (3.5 beta 9) can be downloaded from http://cws.internet.com
(Stroud's Consummate Winsock Applications).  Versions of the beta and
the official release (3.21) are available for several platforms
including Win95 and Win 3.x,



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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
>