Ticket #88 (closed enhancement: wontfix)

Opened 4 years ago

Last modified 5 weeks ago

A place marker feature for the new virtual buffers

Reported by: jkinnunen Owned by:
Priority: minor Milestone:
Component: Browse mode Version: development
Keywords: place markers virtual buffers Cc:
Operating system: Blocked by:
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Description

It would be nice for the new virtual buffers to have a place marker feature that allows one to mark certain areas of an HTML document, and jump between those areas with a quick navigation key.

Change History

comment:1 Changed 4 years ago by jteh

  • Priority changed from major to minor
  • Milestone 0.6 deleted

I understand the usefulness of such a feature, but I don't believe it is a major priority, nor should it block the release of 0.6.

comment:2 follow-up: ↓ 3 Changed 4 months ago by jteh

  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Resolution set to wontfix

We will not implement this due to potential patent concerns.

comment:3 in reply to: ↑ 2 Changed 5 weeks ago by parham

Replying to jteh:

We will not implement this due to potential patent concerns.

I remember hearing that Window-Eyes managed to thwart the legal issues that arose. So, do you mean that it is "impossible" to get around it now, or that NVAccess, being a non-profit organization, is not willing to "take the risk"? The reason I'm asking this question is that I'm not aware of laws since I don't live in either Australia or the US, but I have heard rumours of non-profit organizations not taking the risk of going near patented technologies because of the side-effects.

comment:4 Changed 5 weeks ago by jteh

We're not willing to take the risk. Regardless of what we believe regarding the validity (or lack thereof) of these patents, we do not have the resources to challenge this in court should it become an issue.

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