RE: Microsoft patented keyboard-navigation?

Wasn't this feature in emacs/w3 back in '98 (or earlier). I'm sure some emacs
fans could put an exact date on when the feature appeared. It had tab and 
shift-tab for forward and reverse link selection.
 
---Rotan.
www.mobileaware.com

 -----Original Message----- 
 From: Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG [mailto:rscano@iwa-italy.org] 
 Sent: Mon 06/09/2004 07:55 
 To: WCAG List; w3c-wai-au@w3.org 
 Cc: w3c-ac-forum@w3.org 
 Subject: Microsoft patented keyboard-navigation?
 
 


 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,785,865.WKU.&OS=PN/6,785,865&RS=PN/6,785,865

 
 United States Patent 6,785,865
 Cote ,   et al. August 31, 2004
 
 
 Discoverability and navigation of hyperlinks via tabs
 
 Abstract
 A user may discover and navigate among hyperlinks through the use of a
 keyboard. For example, a user may press a tab key to discover and
 navigate to a first hyperlink that is part of a hypertext document. The
 first hyperlink is, in response, given focus and a focus shape is drawn
 around the text or graphics for the hot region of the hyperlink. If the
 user again presses the tab key, the next hyperlink is given focus and a
 focus shape (i.e., an outline that surrounds the next hyperlink) is
 drawn around the next hyperlink. A user may also tab to a placeholder
 for an image in order to make a decision whether the image should be
 downloaded or not.
 
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 How this will involve the WAI (WCAG, ATAG and UAAG) base requirement
 that says that all the functionality must be accessible by keyboard,
 coherent navigation by keyboard, etc. etc.?
 
 Can any Microsoft rep. inform about this?
 
 P.S. I've put W3C AC Forum in cc.
 
 Thanks a lot!
 Roberto Scano (rscano@iwa-italy.org)
 IWA/HWG International Project Manager and EMEA Coordinator
 International Webmasters Association / HTML Writers Guild
 W3C Advisory Commitee Representative for IWA/HWG
 W3C WCAG Working Group Member - W3C ATAG Working Group Member
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