[Gllug] MS patents tabbed browsing ...
Rob Crowther
robertc at boogdesign.com
Fri Sep 3 20:44:30 UTC 2004
It seems oddly specific in places - 6.e it states that the indication
around the hyperlink is non-rectangular. It also goes on about a
graphical interface, both of these would rule out Lynx as prior art I think?
And in the 'Description' section further down there is some rather
horrible HTML v2 code, with interesting description where they go on
about tags delimiting content despite the fact that the tags in their
code doesn't, but then goes on to talk about finding links in image maps
again (as opposed to text links).
Strange that they've excluded rectangles though - because surely then
all the other browsers could just draw rectangles when tabbing and avoid
patent prosecution?
Rob
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