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JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 16 Jun 2001 16:56:54 -0400
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Hi, I've never gotten my IE 4 search function to work.  How is the best
tay to get it to work?  Maybe this might make web pages easier, and as for
qrz.com, the only thing I use it for is to look up call signs.





On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Don Bishop wrote:

> Yes, ie has a search function and maybe someone else can answer for netscape.  I've been using the net for several years and slogging around through web pages like several
> people have been saying.  Then one day I started playing with some of the commands in the screen reader, particularly those associated with msaa, and discovered that you really
> can save yourself a lot of time and frustration by using some of these to get where you want to be.  It can take a little learning, but I really think its well worth the effort.
>
> Don W6SMB
>
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 11:47:35 -0700, Terri Pannett wrote:
>
> >If you are using Lynx, the search command would work, too.  Do browsers
> >like IE and Netscape have search features?
> >
> >Terri, Amateur Radio call sign, KF6CA.  Army MARS call sign, AAT9PX.
> >
> >On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Don Bishop wrote:
> >
> >|In reading the problems with the qrz site, I'd like to make a suggestion.  When you go to a site like that and search for something, like maybe looking up a callsign, when you get
> the
> >|results back, use the find command of your screen reader and enter the callsign being requested in the find box and search for it.  This will get you past a lot of junk.  You may
> have
> >|to do a find-next depending on how the page is set up, but even so, it's still a lot faster than wading through all the superfluous links.   I've really found web page navigation has
> >|become a lot easier and faster by utilizing some of these things built right into  your screen reader.
> >|
> >|Don W6SMB
> >|
>

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