[gui-talk] IE 7 and feeds

Sat Nov 11 11:56:09 CST 2006

The Explorer bar is a feature of Internet Explorer since version 4.  It is simply a window pane of information that appears to the left of the main HTML page.  The top starts below the menu, toolbar and address bars and the bottom of the Explorer bar ends at the bottom of the window, above the status bar.

Three have traditionally been three different Explorer bars available; Search, Favorites, and History.  Other applications can add Explorer bars, such as Office XP and Office 2003, which adds a Research and Discuss items.  Only one Explorer bar can be shown at a time.

The Explorer Bar has two states - shown or hidden.  When shown, the window can be docked.  Being docked means always shown.  If not docked, whenever focus moves away from the Explorer Bar, the window automatically hides itself.  Moving the mouse pointer to the left side of the IE window will bring it back.  This "auto hide" feature is clunky, particularly with screen readers.  I always recommend that Explorer bars be docked (i.e. fixed position).

The Favorites and History bars are lists that can expand sub-folders as I described below.  The Search and many other Explorer Bars are small HTML-based forms which can contain many things.

With Internet Explorer 7, the Search Explorer bar is gone and the functionality replaced with the Search text box next to the address bar.  The Feeds Explorer bar is very similar to the Favorites and History Explorer bars.

Hope this helps.

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of albert griffith
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 6:43 AM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] IE 7 and feeds

You mentioned that some features can be accessed from the explorer bar.  In
the past I'd been advised to disable it.  Does this still hold?  thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Oppermann" <chuckop at microsoft.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] IE 7 and feeds

| You were close.  Pressing CTRL+SHIFT+J will cause the Feeds explorer bar
to appear, docked to the left side of the screen.  It's a toggle, so
pressing it again will hide it.  You can also get to this via the View menu,
and the Explorer Bar sub-menu.
|
| The first item in the feeds list should be selected when the Feed explorer
bar is opened.  If the item is a folder, pressing Enter will expand the
folder beneath it.  You can then move up and down the list of feeds.
Pressing Enter on a feed will display it's content in the main window pane.
|
| By default, there are three RSS feeds provided, "Microsoft at Home",
"Microsoft at Work", and "MSNBC News".  They are located in a sub-folder
called Microsoft Feeds.
|
| If you have OPML file, you can import it using the Import/Export command
from the File menu.
|
| If a web site is offering feeds and IE detects it, it enables the Feed
icon on the toolbar and will optionally play a sound.  Pressing ALT+J will
drop down the Feed icon menu and allow you to choose which feed to view.
Mind you, many web sites offer feeds in only one or two formats, so don't
expect much here.  Press Enter when the feed menu is shown will show that
feed.
|
| You can then navigate to a link titled "Subscribe to this feed" to add it
to your list of feeds.
|
| All the options for Feeds can be accessed from the Tools menu (ALT+O) and
selecting Internet Options.  Navigate to the Content tab and then press the
Settings button next to text about Feeds (ALT+N).
|
| I recommend you turn on the option to synch feeds and to play sounds when
they are discovered.
|
| Good luck!  And if you need a RSS feed to read, here is the URL to my
blog's RSS feed. The latest post is about IE keyboard shortcuts.
|
| http://blogs.msdn.com/chuckop/rss.xml
|
| Charles Oppermann / Program Manager / Speech Components / Microsoft
Corporation
| http://blogs.msdn.com/chuckop/
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Rick Roderick
| Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 2:16 PM
| To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
| Subject: [gui-talk] IE 7 and feeds
|
| Hi Charles,
|
| I have made the upgrade after getting the JAWS patch.  I notice that it is
| called Windows Internet Explorer, rather Microsoft IE.
|
| My question concerns RSS feeds.  I can't seem to get them to display.
When
| IE comes up, I hear one of them, but I can't find them on the screen.
When
| I hit control-I or Control-j, which I think are supposed to bring them up,
| nothing happens.  Nor do they seem to be under my favorites.  What do I
need
| to do?
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