Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
12 results found in Web Navigation.
- Audio Enriched Links (AEL, Audio Link Preview)
- A JAWS screen reader extension that provides spoken previews of linked web pages before a blind user follows a hyperlink. When activated on a focused link, the system fetches the destination page in t…
- Guided Incremental Search (Step-by-Step Search, Faceted Browsing)
- A web navigation pattern in which users are led through a series of small, sequential choices — such as selecting categories, subcategories, and filters — to progressively narrow search results toward…
- Link Context (Anchor Context, Link Surrounding Context)
- The text and information surrounding a hypertext link that helps users understand the link's purpose and destination. For sighted users, link context is often apparent from the visual layout — heading…
- Link Preview (Link Destination Preview, Link Target Preview)
- Information about the content or nature of a hypertext link's destination page, provided to users before they follow the link. Link previews help users make informed navigation decisions, reducing the…
- Microscopic Navigation (Within-Page Navigation, Page-Level Navigation)
- The process by which screen reader users navigate through individual elements and content within a single web page to find relevant information, as distinct from site-wide navigation between pages. Mi…
- Semantic Bookmarking (Semantic Bookmark, Concept-Based Bookmarking)
- A web navigation technique that associates saved page locations with meaningful conceptual labels from a domain ontology rather than with specific structural positions in the HTML code. Unlike traditi…
- Semantic Partitioning (Web Page Partitioning, Content Partitioning)
- A technique for automatically dividing a web page into semantically meaningful segments or blocks based on the structural and visual properties of its HTML content. Semantic partitioning analyzes the …
- Sentence-Level Bookmark (In-Page Bookmark, Content Bookmark)
- A type of bookmark that marks a specific position within a web page's content, rather than simply saving the page's URL. Sentence-level bookmarks allow users — particularly those using screen readers …
- Speech-Based Navigation (Audio Navigation, Speech-Based Web Navigation)
- A method of navigating digital content, particularly web pages, using synthesised speech output rather than visual display. In speech-based navigation, users listen to content read aloud sequentially …
- Voicemarking (Voice Bookmark, Speech-Based Bookmark)
- A speech-based technique for creating and retrieving semantic bookmarks in assistive web browsers. Users create voicemarks by speaking the name of a concept (e.g., "Major Headlines") and optionally a …
- Web Mobility (Hypertext Mobility, Web Navigation Mobility)
- A conceptual framework that applies principles of physical mobility and wayfinding to web navigation, particularly for visually impaired users. Web mobility encompasses the ability to move through hyp…
- Web Page Preview (Page Preview, Link Target Preview)
- A summary or representation of a web page's content provided to users before they navigate to that page, allowing them to assess its relevance without committing to a full visit. For sighted users, vi…