the auto web spots though are unique as it intelligently works out the "hot spots" of a page rather than a user manually having to find their favourite spots and setting them up I think, anyways
On 25 Aug 2009, at 13:10, Chris Hofstader wrote: > I wonder if Apple's "Auto Web Spots" is different enough from the FS > Placemarkers feature as FS is currently suing GW Micro over a patent > infringement on this concept. There are a lot of problems with the > FS patent but judges aren't always of the nuances that make one idea > different from another. > > cdh > On Aug 24, 2009, at 5:21 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote: > >> The following is copied directly from the Apple site. >> >> Find information fast with auto web spots. >> >> Many web pages are filled with complex design elements or lack >> useful HTML tags, making them difficult to convey through a screen >> reader. So Apple invented new technologies to comprehend and >> interpret the visual design of web pages, then use the information >> to assign virtual tags called “auto web spots” to mark important >> locations on the page. If you’re on a newspaper website, for >> example, there might be an auto web spot for each lead story, >> another for a box containing weather or sports scores, and so on. >> You can jump from web spot to web spot with a keystroke or the >> flick of a finger. And if there’s a particular feature on a site >> you visit often, you can assign a “sweet spot” on that page so that >> VoiceOver will go there first when the page opens. >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Marie Howarth <marie.jane2...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >> one feature I just read they have in snow leopard is voice over will >> now read the whole website to you. I cannot say I'm happy about this, >> the one thing about VO I love is it does what I want it too not what >> it thinks I want it too. ugh. apple why listen to them? >> sorry, but what do others think? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Check out our web site, www.giantdolphin.com >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
