Article ID: 27

Added: September 16, 2008

Category: Email and Internet

Background

Many BrailleNote users have used KeyMail, the email application in KeySoft. Lately, some users expressed concerns that it is not possible to go to the website from email message i.e. to action a link within an email message. Modern email programs such as Microsoft Outlook allows users to open a website using link address that has been typed on the email message, such as http://braillenote.pbwiki.com. Unfortunately, KeyMail does not support this feature. Luckily, a workaround has been found that allows BrailleNote users to copy a link from an email, paste it on address prompt at KeyWeb and open the link using Internet browser--Source: thanks to a friend of mine who has given me permission to reformat and post his instructions on this page.

How?

To action a link in an email, follow the instructions below:

 

1. Open email the message that contains the link you wish to access via Internet.

    

2. Navigate to the link, with your cursor on the first character of the link. For example, if the link is www.humanware.com, move to the first "w" on the website address. If the link starts with "http://," move the cursor to the letter "h."

    

3. Mark the "top of block" at the cursor location (BACKSPACE with M/CTRL+Shift+m on QT or SPACE with B/CTRL+B, T).

    

4. Navigate to the character just AFTER the last character in the link. For instance, from above example of www.humanware.com, you would position the cursor (by pressing the cursor button or using navigation commands) after the letter "m".

    

5. Mark the "bottom of block" (SPACE with B/CTRL+B on QT, b). You will still be in the Block Commands Menu (press SPACE with B/CTRL+B just in case).

    

6. Press C (copy block to clipboard) so that the web address would be copied to the clipboard.

    

7. Open Internet browser (I from Main Menu, BACKSPACE with ENTER with I+FN+0).

    

8. At the "Address?" prompt, press BACKSPACE with V/CTRL+V to paste the URL (the address of the link) from the clipboard then press ENTER to open the webpage.

    

CAUTION: Remember to erase any hard returns that may have been in the link in the email.

If the page does not open:

 

• Ensure that all new lines and other extra characters are erased from the link.

   

• Make sure you got the last character (that is, that your cursor was not ON the last character, but just after it). For example, if the last character of the URL (link) is the letter "g" put your cursor one character to the right of the letter "g" - most likely a space character.

   

Updated: September 16, 2008