Access Features: Microsoft Internet Explorer

[John F. Elmer]

I'm a long time Netscaper, but found this interesting and am passing it 
along.  V3.0 is currently not available for the macintosh, but I'm 
downloading 2.01 to check to see if they included these features for the Mac.

Here's the Posting:



    [Accessibility]

  Microsoft( Internet Explorer provides greater Internet
                accessibility for all people by being the first browser
                to let you use your keyboard to explore the Web. Plus,
                built-in font and text-only support enables you to
                adjust the font size on any Web page and view
                alternative text in place of images.

                Feature List
   

    Keyboard Navigation

    With Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, you can explore the Web from
    the keyboard by pressing TAB and SHIFT+TAB to navigate back and
    forth between:

       * Images which are hyperlinks
       * Text hyperlinks
       * Images which are not hyperlinks
       * Hotspots in client-side image maps
       * The address bar

    As you move to or click a hyperlink or image, a one-pixel border
    appears around it so you can see what is selected. This works for
    client-side image maps, tooQeven for hotspots that are circles or
    polygons!

    Other keyboard shortcuts include:

       * Press ENTER to activate the selected hyperlink.
       * Press SHIFT+F10 to display a context menu for a hyperlink.
       * Press CTRL+TAB to cycle between frames.
       * Press SHIFT+TAB and SHIFT+CTRL+TAB to go backwards through
         hyperlinks and frames, respectively.
       * Press ALT + LEFT ARROW and ALT + RIGHT ARROW to go back and
         forward.
       * Press CTRL+R to refresh the current page.
       * Press F5 to refresh the page.
       * Press ESC to stop downloading the page.
       * Press BACKSPACE and SHIFT+BACKSPACE to go back and forward.
       * Press CTRL+O to go to a new location.
       * Press CTRL+N to open a new window.
       * Press CTRL+S to save the current page.
       * Press CTRL+P to print the current page.

    Large Font Option

    Using the Font button on the toolbar, you have complete control over
    the size that fonts are displayed in.

    Other Accessibility Features

    Microsoft Internet Explorer provides features that enable text-only
    browsers to read your Web page, including tooltips for graphics that
    tell you the location (URL) of a hyperlink and support for the ALT
    tag that lets you display alternate text for images.

   
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John F. Elmer, M.S.S.W., Ph.C.
Shoreline Community College
16101 Greenwood Avenue North
Seattle, WA   98133
206-546-4799/5823/4559