What a surprise! MS's latest bogus patent

[WMD]

http://tinyurl.com/45uys

Jumping link to link using the tab key.   :mad:    

[ September 02, 2004: Message edited by: WMD ]

[Xeen]

:eek:    :eek:

[Laukev7]

Wow.

[skyman8081]

hhmmm.... in order to have a patent, you MUST have a working implementation at the time of filing.

[dishawjp]

Wow, amazing! No prior art on that one.  Anybody remember (or still use) lynx?  Oh, wait, lynx was using the keyboard (tab and/or arrow keys) to navigate hyperlinks 15 years ago.

Microsoft is leading the way as usual.  Just about 20 yrs. behind.

[mobrien_12]

quote:Originally posted by BASHman:
Wow, amazing! No prior art on that one.  Anybody remember (or still use) lynx?  Oh, wait, lynx was using the keyboard (tab and/or arrow keys) to navigate hyperlinks 15 years ago.

Microsoft is leading the way as usual.  Just about 20 yrs. behind.

That's exactly what I was thinking.  I still use lynx sometimes.

[Commander]

i dont get it... cant you press tab in firefox and go to the next link?  or does the patent refer to something else?

[M51DPS]

I remember this feature.... but I found it really annoying and turned it off.

[Refalm]

Mozilla has this great feature where you can jump links by pressing letters.
For example, press "H" and "<--| Enter" now and end up at our front page.

[mobrien_12]

quote:Originally posted by Agent Sauron:
hhmmm.... in order to have a patent, you MUST have a working implementation at the time of filing.

No.  I can assure you that is no longer required.

[ September 05, 2004: Message edited by: M. O'Brien ]