Discoverability and navigation of hyperlinks

摘要

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 first hyperlink is, in response, given focus and a focus shape is drawn around the text or graphics for the hot region of the hyperlink. If the user again presses the tab key, the next hyperlink is given focus and a focus shape (i.e., an outline that surrounds the next hyperlink) is drawn around the next hyperlink. A user may also tab to a placeholder for an image in order to make a decision whether the image should be downloaded or not.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
displaying a document containing two or more hyperlinks, wherein at least two of the hyperlinks are initially non-highlighted; following the initial display, receiving a request, based on non-alphanumeric character input, to navigate to one of the at least two non-highlighted hyperlinks that are included as part of the document, wherein one of the plurality of hyperlinks appears as a graphical image; determining which of the at least two non-highlighted hyperlinks to navigate to, the determination based on identifying the next hyperlink in an index of hyperlinks, the index comprised of sequential list of each hyperlink in the document; responsive to receiving the non-alphanumeric character based request, providing a first focus shape to the one non-highlighted hyperlink, without providing the focus shape to any other hyperlinks included as part of the document; and wherein the hyperlink to which the focus shape has been provided is activated after receiving an activation request.