[access-uk] Solution to jumpy web pages?
- From: "Damon Rose" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 14:06:00 +0100
Hi there.
I'm wondering if someone knows of a solution to this. Perhaps a plug-in
or a Firefox extension or a cut down browser of some sort?
Most often when I use the web, I use it to read pages. I don't want high
functionality. The early days of the web with flat HTML pages were the
best as far as I'm concerned.
Oftentimes, when I go to newspaper websites or many other pages, my JAWS
cursor and Braille display starts fidgeting alarmingly, it doesn't let
me arrow down a page properly, it gets stuck and then during reading my
cursor gets whipped away so that I have to find the text again and the
point in the text where I left off ... just to have the cursor whipped
away all over again 30 seconds later.
I imagine this is down to Flash, Air, Silverlight, or various Java,
ajax, elements on a page. What I've never had the time to do is
investigate this to find out which is the worst culprit and why.
It's annoying that you can go to a website that is otherwise fully
access complient yet there was barely any point them putting in that
work if screenreaders just slip and slide over the top of it as if they
were skating on ice.
Before you ask, I'm working with the latest version of jaws and my
computer is entirely virus and adware free. I'm writing this email today
after attempting a bit of research on something and failing. I'm a
little frustrated.
So. How do I stop it? Do I have any kind of control over it? Turning off
Flash in the verbosity settings doesn't work on many sites so obviously
the issue isn't just around Flash.
Or perhaps it's just my computer and every computer I've ever used.
Any thoughts on how to conquer this, iether by tweaking my browser,
adding plug-ins or extensions, changing browser, viewing sites thru some
kind of filter site, whatever, I'm keen to hear from you. I'm getting
sick of it.
Thanks v much.
Damon Rose
Senior Content Producer bbc.co.uk/ouch
BBC Vision Learning
Tel: 020 8752 4427 (x0224427)
email: damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx
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