MultiWeb Features and Limitations.

Internet Communication Features.

Disability-specific Features.

Limitations.

Internet Communication Features.

• Access to HTML documents stored as local files (ie. on the user's hard disk or floppy disk).
• Web pages can display both text and in-line images. In-line images are optional.
• Downloading of files from FTP servers.
• Multimedia display and replay capabilities which include the ability to:
  • view the following graphics file types: BMP, GIF, CMS, ICO, JPG, TIF, WMF, SCM, PCX, and PNG;
  • view AVI and MOV video files; and
  • listen to WAV and MID audio files.
• File types that cannot be displayed can be saved to the user's hard disk so that they can be viewed by other applications.
• HTML documents can be saved to disk in either HTML or ASCII format. NOTE. Saving in ASCII format enables the document to be brought easily into other applications - such as speech readers.
• MultiWeb supports Internet forms including access for users who are unable to operate a mouse or keyboard.
• Internet addresses in the form of Uniform Resource Locaters (URLs) can be entered directly to allow access to specific sites.
• URLs can be saved as Bookmarks to facilitate easy access later.
• Users can move between documents by using the Back and Forward navigation buttons.
• Users can view a history of all pages visited during the current session and return to them.
• Users can specify a Home Page.
• The communication's status is displayed.
• The current document's title and the current location within the document are displayed.
• The URL of the current hotlinks is displayed in the status bar.
• MultiWeb includes links to search engines. Users have the option to add or delete search engines from the supplied list.
• MultiWeb has a Find function.
• The current document can be printed.
• Document contents can be copied to the Windows clipboard for pasting into other applications.
• Multiweb incorporates up on-line help.

Disability-specific Features.

• Users can zoom in and zoom out of displayed text while viewing.
• All error messages are timed and do not require user interaction.
• Sound and video files can be paused and restarted. A gauge indicates the current location within the media file.

MultiWeb Limitations.

• Frames.
• Java or Java script.
• Mailto.
• Gopher.
• Secure HTML.
• Telnet.
• Authentication of proxies.