Microsoft has been granted a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on a process known as tabbing through a Web page in order to find links
Published:
11 September 2004 y., Saturday
Microsoft has been granted a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on a process known as tabbing through a Web page in order to find links.
Although the patent award has raised the ire of some in the open source browser community, the implications for the widely used technique are unclear.
The patent (number 6,785,865) is officially titled "Discoverability and navigation of hyperlinks via tabs."
Microsoft filed for the patent in March of 1997. It covers the process of shifting between links on a Web page using the computer's tab button.
According to the U.S. Patent office, 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 abstract also said a user may also tab to a link that is actually a placeholder for an image "in order to make a decision whether the image should be downloaded or not."
Virtually all modern Web browsers, including Microsoft's own Internet Explorer and alternative browsers like KDE's Konqueror, Apple's Safari, Netscape, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and the console browser Lynx, allow for tabbing between links on a page.
Šaltinis:
internetnews.com
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
Software company announced new structure_ of it_s business.
more »
Confirming rumors that surfaced over the weekend, Apple has started selling the unlocked version of the iPhone 4 in Apple Retail stores.
more »
You didn’t expect Anonymous to take the recent Spanish police action against them lying down, did you?
more »
The era of foldable touch screens is rapidly approaching, with scientists in Taiwan leading the charge to develop computer and cell phone screens that can folded away or rolled up for storage.
more »
During the exibition „Technology Open House 2011“ japanese creators of technologies presented the automatic system, which can translate words into the finger language.
more »
China has warned Google that its business could suffer if it continues to suggest that Chinese spies have been targeting the emails of United States' officials.
more »
South Korea is showing off what it says is the world's first totally eco-friendly business building, a structure that emits zero carbon and uses only renewable energy.
more »
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said that an alleged contract and e-mails that a New York man claims entitle him to a 50% stake in the social networking site are "forgeries".
more »
The growing popularity of tablets has seen many new players enter the market.
more »
Anthony Weiner, a Democratic congressman, has claimed his Twitter account was hacked after a photograph of a bulging pair of underpants was sent to a follower. Here are some of the most memorable social networking 'hacks'...
more »
Hace China have compromised personal e-mail accounts of hundreds of top US officials, military personnel and journalists, Google has said.
more »