John Foushee Andrew Hulbert Brian Louden

What is the Hawking Toolbar?  Short Description  Project Goal Allow Users to Access Web Content and Browser Functionality  User input via Switches – mapped to events Types of Users ○ General Hawking Toolbar Users ○ Literacy Center Users – Specialty Case ○ Administrator

Firefox Extensions  Creating Extensions  Firefox GUI XUL ○ XML User Interface Language  JavaScript + CSS  Profile Manager Development Multiple Users

Navigation Mechanism Move and Engage  The Basic Input Operations Move Engage  Goal: Be able to use and navigate the internet and browser functionality using the simple operations of move and engage.

Basic Architecture Sub-Toolbars and Modules  The Sub Toolbar Architecture Basic Menu Design – Using Move and Engage Meets Design Challenges Usability & Intuitive Interface vs. Functionality ○ Maximize both…Tradeoffs  Context Manager Framework Abstraction  Framework  Extensibility Provides a Black-box for Additional Components Development Process = Development of Modules  Demo

Challenges  Web Content Detecting Visibility Pop-ups, Frames, JavaScript generated frames (i.e. G-Mail), etc. New Trends  Constant Change ○ AJAX, dynamically generated pages (on the browser side)  Usability Balancing Functionality and Usability Keeping it Simple and Intuitive

What’s Ahead for the Hawks  Fine-Tuning the Basic Framework  Development of Additional Modules Scrolling Bookmarks Navigation Bar  Intelligent Content Identification Heuristics for Menus, Content, etc. Logical Ordering  User Preferences / Skins  Internet Explorer / Opera Plugins