Peter,
I will attempt to explain the word "ismap" and "link". It is an image that
has different spots that can be clicked on by the Internet user to jump or
hyper link to a different page or site on the Internet. It could be a
picture of a man and the head section would jump or link to articles on the
brain, the body section would jump articles on the heart. When someone is
creating that site, they can put in what is called Alt=text feature that
could be the words "person links". When a screen reader or mouse pointer
reaches that area, the words are shown or spoken. Usemap may be the same as
ISMAP, but I am not 100% sure. A link or hyper link can be clicked on and
macros can be set up in Window Eyes and Jaws (not sure of the others) to
goto the next hyper link.
The history list is a feature of some browsers and not all. Most browsers
have a history that is created when you visit a site. You can go back there
without setting up a bookmark by just going to the history list. In
netscape, there is a drop down arrow next where the URL goes. You can tab
there and use the up and down arrows, but when you stop, you are going to
that location whether it is the one you want or not. There is another under
the back button and a third under the Go menu (Alt/G) and arrow down to the
one you want.
"In line" is a new one on me! On-line means something to me but not "in
line".
Hope this helps a bit. Happy Holidays, Lynne Koller
Peter Seymour wrote:
> Often, when I'm trying to read a website with my screenreader, I come
> across words such as "ismap," "usemap," "history list," "in line," and
> "link."
>
> Can somebody please explain what these codes or headings mean?
>
> Peter Seymour
>
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