[jaws-uk] Re: Strange behaviour with I E 7
- From: "Nigel" <stoppard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:13:23 -0000
Just a number is *not* a humane error message.
Nigel
See the book the humane interface by Jef Raskin.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 11:32 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Strange behaviour with I E 7
> Do you know if you have any additional toolbars, like Yahoo or Google, or
> some other toolbar that has been installed.
> Regards.
>
> Tristram Llewellyn
> Sight and Sound Technology
> Technical Support
> www.sightandsound.co.uk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: keith
> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 9:55 AM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Strange behaviour with I E 7
>
>
> Hi Tris,
>
> Many thanks for your reply.
>
> My problem is still persisting.
>
> I have reproduced it twice already this morning.
>
> Pressing escape does nothing.
>
> Interrogating the window title, Jaws says:
> "Title is: Jaws for Windows 8.0 Windows Internet Explorer Menu Bar".
>
> Bear in mind here, please, that this is the FS page about Jaws 8.0, and I
> am
> using Jaws 7.10, with the update to use I E 7.
>
> The PC cursor is then currently active, not the virtual one.
>
> Pressing the Alt Key, Jaws says:
>
> "Leaving Menu Bar, Menu Bar".
>
> I haven't made any changes to the custom settings.
>
> I then have no option but to close down I E 7.
>
> It's very strange, and I've never experience this behaviour before
> installing I E 7.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Keith
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tristram Llewellyn
> Sent: 22 November 2006 10:17
> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Strange behaviour with I E 7
>
>
> OK, I have tried this to the letter and this one is proving stubbornly
> unreproduceable with Jaws 8.0. What is happening on your system
> definitely
> should not be the case, in fact Jaws should be able to remember the
> actual
> position on the web page you left after highlighting your text copying
> and
> then pasting it into motepad when you return to IE7.
> In most cases the IE7 menubar is not visible until you press the alt key
> whichi activates the menu bar and makes it appear on screen from its
> otherwise hidden position (although this can be changed it is not
> important
> for Jaws users to do). I have a theory which you could try which is to
> use
> the escape key when you hear "menubar" on the return trip back to IE7 and
> then use the cursor keys, does this at least give you the web page text
> again? This doesn't fully answer the problem of exactly what is going on
> but at least we would be closer.
>
> Also have you made any particular custom settings or merge settings from
> a
> previous Jaws installation perhaps?
>
> Regards.
>
> Tristram Llewellyn
> Sight and Sound Technology
> Technical Support
> www.sightandsound.co.uk
>
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