[jaws-uk] Re: Something very anoying in the new update

Andrew and All this is very interesting.

I have found if I want to delete all the entries in my delete folder I 
cannot do it using control A.  Has anyone any ideas?

Norman.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 11:01 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Something very anoying in the new update


> Hi,
>
> I am finding this new update a bit difficult to get used to.  The main
> reason is that on a web form, if you are arrowing through the form, Jaws
> before 7.10 read out the relevant field, then the edit box etc for you
> to put the data into.  However, what I am now finding is that Jaws is
> reading some sort of attribute on the form entry fields, in addition to
> the data which is visible in the browser window, in effect reading the
> data out twice for each arrow up/down.  It is not therefore easy to
> distinguish when you come to the edit field in a form, you have to use
> different navigation commands to get you to the next edit field etc.
>
> One clear example on this is at http://www.google.com, where I usually
> quickly arrow down until I hear the words "edit", however, now I hear
> the words "google search" read out twice, once for the text shown above
> the form field, and once again on the form field itself.
>
> Is there any way to turn this feature off, so that I can hear the
> description of the field by pressing a key or something?
>
> Also, I realise that Brian has done a script for this, but I find
> Outlook a bit annoying when you continually hear the same message read
> out if you come to the bottom of the list.  If you are viewing a folder
> with the new messages coming at the bottom, you don't know when you
> reach the bottom of the list easily, because you continually hear the
> last message in the list, which makes it seem like that person wrote
> loads of messages.
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.
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