[nfbcs] web browser problem?

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Fri Apr 19 15:35:59 UTC 2013


tracy: 
These links are not a problem. It is current fashion to make a link be only part of a sentence. Contrary to current thinking, it is the sighted, not the blind, who have problems with object permanence. They can't remember where their backarrow or scroll keys are. Thus, they usually want to sea links both at top and bottom of page. The paradigm of one link equals one line is far in the cyberpast. 
As for your Google problem. I suspect the page is drawn differently and dynamically each time you do a search. Until the Internet goes back to having NSF run the backbone, which, I suspect will be never, we are stuck with randomly-placed ads and their whole reason for being is *not* to be easily ignored which they could be were their page placement predictable. 
Ah, free enterprise! 

Mike Freeman


On Apr 19, 2013, at 7:30, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:

> I'm not sure if this is a problem or not, or what to do about it.  I have been having a problem with Google, where, the first time I get results and choose a link, I get a bunch of ads instead of what I want.  The second time I try, I get the link I want.  This is despite using various ways to be sure I'm actually on the link I think I am, recommended by this list before.  I think it is something called "click&jump".  Anyway, I disabled 3rd party cookies, and installed Spybot Search & Destroy, which hunted out a number of minor threats. The problem persists, but not as bad.
> My question is this:
> When I go to a website, I see a lot of what seem to me to be extra links, which I bet would go to ads, if I clicked on them.
> For example, on NFB Newsline Online, at the bottom, there is a bit that says "contact by phone:" and the number.  For me, "phone" is a separate link. This doesn't seem right, and it makes reading pages kind of a pain, since there are a lot of lines with these odd links.
> Another example is, if I'm reading the TV listings on Newsline, and, say, the show description says "the team investigates an insurance salesman who may be a serial killer", "insurance" will be a link.
> 
> Does anyone know what I'm talking about, and if it's a problem, and, if so, what to do about it?
> Thanks.
> Tracy
> 
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