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Name: Dave
Date: November 16, 2001 at 05:09:05 Pacific
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Right, time for a new post, maybe?

For those who don't already know, I have a 486 dx33 with 16mb RAM and win 3.1
I also have a 56k modem.

My second serial port doesn't work, so I have to share the port with the mouse.
So...When I am on the internet I don't have a mouse.

I have tried IE3 and Opera (which was excellent, really fast) but these don't seem to let me navigate fully through the web pages with the tab button. I can tab through all the links in IE4, but this is painfully slow.

I was wondering if anyone can suggest an alternative. I noticed that Arachne had a mouse-like pointer which you could control with the cursor keys - is there software which will do this in all applications? Does anyone know of another way of scrolling through links (apart from tab)?

Thanks in advance

Dave



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Name: Smitty
Date: November 16, 2001 at 08:05:08 Pacific
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Hi Dave

I use a Logitech BUS mouse...
Works great...I have inquired at Logitech..
You can monitor response at:
Mouse Inquiry

I have an extra serial port card...Let me know if your interested

Smitty


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Response Number 2
Name: OldJake
Date: November 18, 2001 at 15:35:08 Pacific
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Don't give up on Opera -- check the kybd shortcuts again (Ctrl+B) and you'll see it's Q and A for going thru links (Tab is for entry boxes in forms).

You already know Arachne, which people like to use for information-rich pages (i.e. without the dreaded JavaScript) in humid conditions where a mouse gets slippery.

The Mousekeys function from the Access-Pack distributed by M$ allows the numeric keypad to be used for controlling the mouse. About 220kB from Powerload


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