[jaws-uk] Re: Legacy Support

  • From: "Pete" <noizypete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:57:52 -0000

Carlos,

Please let us have the URL of the radio station and I will take a look, some 
stations pop up an advertisement window, then proceed to the audio window, 
but if you have a popup blocker the process is suspended.

Regards,

Pete H.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carlos Vallejo" <carlos.vallejo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 6:26 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Legacy Support


> Hi Léonie
> I enjoy listening to a radio station which just a couple of days stopped 
> being accessible with Jaws 7.10. I can hear the clicking noice of a pop-up 
> window but it is impossible to do anything if Jaws is on. A sighted helper 
> clicks the left-mouse button and the station comes on straight away.
> What do I have to do to remove the Java script as per your message?
> Please help.
>
> Carlos.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Léonie Watson" <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 7:11 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Legacy Support
>
>
>> Pete,
>>
>> After a quick look, the problem appears to be the JavaScript used on
>> the page. Jaws now reacts to JavaScript very accurately, interpreting =
>> the
>> code as the web designer intended.
>>
>> Unfortunately, in this case the web designer has used a popup script
>> which is, I presume, intended to hide or display content based on some
>> action, possibly the selection of a link. I copied the code from the =
>> page
>> and removed the JavaScript from above the navigation and it then works
>> equally well in Jaws 7.0 and 8.0.
>>
>>
>> To answer your question, Freedom Scientific shouldn't have to do
>> anything to make web sites more accessible. For the most part that is up 
>> =
>> to
>> the person who developed the web site. I'd suggest contacting them and
>> letting them know about accessible web site design.
>>
>> I can't comment on whether Sight and Sound would give you your money
>> back, but as I say, the problem effectively lies with the web site, not
>> Jaws. Jaws is just interpreting the code of the web site properly, where 
>> =
>> as
>> it used not to do so.
>>
>> Regards,
>> L=E9onie.=20
>> =20
>>
>>
>> =20
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>> =
>> On
>> Behalf Of Pete
>> Sent: 18 November 2006 14:52
>> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Legacy Support
>>
>> Leonie,
>>
>> Thanks for clarifying my question, so the next question is, what does FS
>> intend to do to make websites such as this accessible to us again? I am
>> dissatisfied with version 8 as I cannot access some of my favourite =
>> sites
>> while using it, and I have been forced to return to an older version to
>> carry out these tasks. Since this version is not fulfilling my =
>> requirements,
>> could I claim a refund from Sight & Sound as I find it not to be of
>> merchantable quality?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Pete H.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "L=E9onie Watson" <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 2:20 PM
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Legacy Support
>>
>>
>>> Pete,
>>>
>>> No, there isn't. Jaws 7.1 marked a transition in the way that Jaws
>>> interpreted documents such as web pages. Jaws 8.0 marks the end of =
>> that
>>> transition, so legacy support is no longer available.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> L=3DE9onie=3D20
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
>> [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] =3D
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Pete
>>> Sent: 18 November 2006 10:47
>>> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Legacy Support
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> Is there a way to switch on legacy support in JFW 8? I am trying to =
>> =3D
>>> access
>>> Oldies Project but it needs legacy support to display the links needed =
>> =3D
>>> to
>>> play the music.
>>>
>>> http://www.oldiesproject.com
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Pete H.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.therockery.net
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