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Microsoft Patents Keyboard Browser Navigation

Posted by timothy on from the pan-kisses-you-kiss-the-pan dept.

Scooby Snacks writes "It looks like Microsoft and the United States Patent and Trademark Office have done it again. It would appear that Microsoft, in their extensive R&D labs, have developed a way to control a web browser through the use of a keyboard. What's next, a method for displaying a plurality of running programs, each in its own defined rectangular viewing area?"

4 of 32 comments (clear)

  1. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Slashdot pattents duping!!

  2. really... by JVert · · Score: 2, Funny

    So... they are scared of lynx now?

  3. Re:Have the /. editorial staff been outsourced? by Jahf · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, not really.

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    It is more productive to voice thoughtful opinions (reply) than to judge (moderate) others.
  4. Rectangular? by __aafkqj3628 · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Windows XP, the top two corners are ROUNDED.... oh shit! There goes my patent idea.