[Gllug] MS patents tabbed browsing ...

[Rob Crowther]

Richard Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 09:44:30PM +0100, Rob Crowther wrote:
> Forget about prior art.  "Obviousness" is the key here.
> 
> Look at Windows 3.1 (as an example).  On almost all applications you
> would use the tab key to move focus between fields.  This is really no
> different from using the tab key to move between hyperlinks in a
> graphical browser.

I don't think it's the use of the tab key they're trying claim, it's the 
drawing of a border around a hyperlink in an image map they're saying is 
original.

Rob
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