Now a days internet is the demand
of the time, every solitary thing include
working with internet and maximum of the things are incomplete without internet and being visually impaired if we want
to work efficiently and promptly to match the standard then we have to be equally quick.
The following tips can help you to achieve the
same at your work place.
Opening
websites using different web browsers.
Number of times it happens that some websites
works well with one browser and some works with other. Switching between
different browsers consumes lots of time and the process is also lengthy.
Here we go with a small tip which will help you to
save some time
Use the run dialog box to open
your favorite website with your choice of browsers.
Internet Explorer
In the run dialog box write iexplore followed by the web address if
you want to open a website in this browser, for example:
2. Google Chrome
If you don’t use the above
browser then not to worry in the run
dialog box type chrome followed by the web address to reach to your favorite
website, see in the below example:
3. Mozilla firefox
People using firefox can also
benefit themselves with this run dialog box trick with typing:
Firefox followed by the web
address of their favorite website.
Like this:
So here is the solution to reach
rapidly to your favorite and most visited web pages in a quick time.
How to move to your content swiftly while
you are browsing on a web page.
Number of times we have seen that
we struggle while searching for something on a web page and are not able to
find that and if in any case if we are
able to find that one thing, then it is with lots of struggle, effort and
time consumption.
Agree?
Many screen readers provides
different solution for tackling with this common problem but what about those
websites which lacks common accessibility standards.
Try these common tips and see the
change.
Use the find dialog box to find your content on
a web page while browsing.
Whether you are a beginner or an
advance user with screen readers, who
loves to brows but struggle because it
takes lots of time to find your favorite content, the link you
want to visit or a particular section of
text you want to read then this find dialog box could be the end for all your
struggle.
How does it work and how to do
it?
First something about this find dialog box.
This is a magical finding tool
which will find anything which you write in this dialog box while you are on a
web page. whether it’s a specific word
or a phrase on a Web page, it will move
the focus of the curser on it, which makes easier for the user to access that content easily.
How to use it on a web page?
And want to go to
circulars quickly then what we will do :
1. Press control+F to open find dialog box and write
circular on it and hit enter.
2. Now from the position of your curser till the end of the
page this will search for the word
circular and once find will keep the focus on it.
3. What will you do if the word circular is written more
then one time on the same web page?
4. The find dialog
box will move the focus on the first time where its written circular and if it
is not the one you are searching then don’t panic press the f3 key to jump
between positions where the same word is there on the web page.
5. Want to learn about this more in detail? Then go here:
Using bookmarks for frequently visited websites
and webpages.
A common question for all those
who visit a number of website each and
every day and every time wants to open that page or website again the other day
goes to google to open the same thing.
What if, you have a easier and
time saving way to access the same thing?
The solution lies in the same
browser in which you are browsing these
things.
From today itself, make a habit of bookmarking the most
important and commonly visited web pages which
you use and then see the change.
What is bookmarking? What is the
benefit of doing so?
When you bookmark any web page
the address of that particular web page is saved in the bookmark folder in the
same browser for the user which means that if you want to visit the same web
page again the other day then rather opening
the same thing through a long and
time consuming process you can directly do that by accessing and opening the
same page which you have already bookmarked the other day easily.
How to bookmark any web page. How
to access bookmark folder in different web browsers.
Different web browsers have different commands to access the
bookmark manager or bookmark folder, however the command to open the bookmark
dialog box to save a web page is same in all the web browsers which is:
Control+D.
To access all these bookmarked
web pages in the bookmark dialog box or bookmark manager different web browsers
have different commands which are described below:
1. Internet Explorer
In internet explorer press
control+B to open the list of saved bookmarked web pages to access them.
2. Mozilla Firefox.
Mozilla Firefox allows the users
to access the bookmark list with the command control +shift+O.
3. Google chrome.
The most popular web browser also
provides the facility to bookmark the web addresses of their favorite web pages
which can be accessed with the command
Control+Shift+O.
Note: Apart from these shortcut
commands there is a bookmark or favorite menu also present in the browsers
which a user can access by pressing the Alt key.
Creating shortcut of the frequently visited web pages on the desktop for easier
access.
What’s this?
Let’s try to understand this with
the help of a simple example.
Ram visits regularly on a web
page www.bankersadda.com and every time
he opens that page by typing the full URL(full web address) on the address bar of the web browser or with
the help of google search engine.
What’s wrong in this! Is he doing
fine?
Yes, he is doing fine but he can also save more
time by adopting the method of making a shortcut of the same web page on the desktop for quick access.
How can he save more time, And
how can he be more fast in doing so?
If he makes the shortcut of the
same web page on which he visit on a regular basis on the desktop then he can,
1. Skip the process of opening the web browser on which he
will open this web page.
2. He will not have to write the URL of the web page again
and again .
Now, I think you understood the benefits.
What are you thinking? how to do
this? Am I right?
Follow these easy and simple
steps to make shortcut of your favorite web pages on the Desktop.
1. Open your favorite website and wait till it gets fully
loaded.
2. Move to the address bar with the key command Alt+D and
copy the URL(web address) of the web
page.
3. Close the web page and move to desktop.
4. Press
control+space till your screen reader announces “not selected”
5. Press the application key and move to new sub menu and
hit enter
6. Move to Shortcut
option and hit enter
7. A dialog box will open on the first field paste the
copied URL which you have copied earlier and hit enter
8. Give a suitable name for the web page on this field and hit enter
9. Bingo the work is done, move to desktop and search for
this newly created shortcut and hit enter with in seconds you will see that the
same web page will open.
You can create as many shortcut
you want to make depending on your needs.
Using placemarkers to reach rapidly on a
perticular options on a web page with in seconds.
What are PlaceMarkers?
PlaceMarkers allow you to quickly
and easily navigate to commonly used areas of your favorite Web pages or HTML
documents when using JAWS or a combination
of JAWS and MAGic. You can use
PlaceMarkers to jump between certain areas of a page, mark important sections
of an HTML document, or indicate key form
elements. For example, you could
use PlaceMarkers to move to required fields in a complicated form or specific
paragraphs in a long HTML document. Press
the navigation quick key K to
move to the next PlaceMarker, or press SHIFT+K to move to the prior
PlaceMarker.
Confused?
Now try to understand this with the following
example:
Rohit, who works with a NGO and
has to access different circulars from his web site www.nabdelhi.in on regular
basis for his beneficiaries
For which he has set a permanent
placemarker on the link circular which makes easier for him to reach to this
link in no time.
How he does this?
He opens his NGO’s website and press K directly to go
to the place where he has set his permanent placemarker which in his case is on the link circular
and, with this he saves lots of time and effort.
What does the Letter K does when
pressed?
If you have set a placemarker on
a web page and when you want to directly
navigate to that text or section where you have set that placemarker
then this letter K will move the focus to that place.
Which means Letter K will jump to
those sections on which you have set placemarkers for easier access.
There are two types of
placemarkers
1. Temporary placemarkers
2. Permanent placemarkers
The difference between the
two of them is that when you set a
temporary placemarker on a web page, its there for that only session and does
not save automatically for future visits.
On the other hand permanent
placemarkers does this job for you and saves automatically for future
visits on that web page.
How to set placemarkers and how
to access the list of saved placemarkers.
Press Control+Windows+K to set a ttemporary placemarker on a web
page.
Press control+shift K to add a permanent placemarker on aweb page
To access and delete any
placemarker press the same command control+shift+K.
Want to read more in detail, then ngo here:
So, with these simple methods or
tricks you can also surf the web with ease, speed and comfort.
