Re: Keyboard control extensions to HTML
Erik Aronesty (earonesty@montgomery.com)
Sat, 13 Jul 1996 12:34:09 -0700
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From: Erik Aronesty <earonesty@montgomery.com>
To: "'www-html@w3.org'" <www-html@w3.org>
Subject: RE: Keyboard control extensions to HTML
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 12:34:09 -0700
Why not use the existing REL tag?
Example:
We provide <A HREF=myhelp.htm REL="help">help</A>for this site.
People who are blind say "help".
People who have a toolbar press help.
People who have mac's press the "help key".
Windows/DOS users are stuck with the obscure "F1", but they like it that
way.
Unix users can press CTRL-H ... or specify it in their .html-cfg file
Better Example:
Press <A NAME=obscure HREF=obscure.htm REL="auto"><PHRASE
HREF=#obscure></A>for this site.
The <PHRASE> TAG is what you need......not a key tag. You want to know
"what the browser is doing with my link"...not to "force the browser"
Also the <PHRASE> tag can help you describe other
OS/dialect/special-needs specific information....in a way that is
acceptable to all users.
thus
People who are blind say "obscure".
People who have a toolbar press "obscure".
People who have mac's press the "apple-" followed by the next available
keymap.
People who have Unix/Windows press the "ctrl-" followed by the next
available keymap.
.......
How many times have i seen the "blue underlined words on these pages are
like buttons" in HTML tutorials
What they should say is "use the <PHRASE TAG="HREF" PLURAL> to navigate
around this site.
this would get replaced by "asterisk-quoted words" or "blue-underlined
words"
or "loud spoken words"
i figure the browser should be able to describe EVERY HTML entity
<phrase tag=entity>
as well as common use
<phrase name=help>
and other HTTP references
<phrase href=#named-reference>
with an optional "plural" attribute.