[JAWSLite] Internet Explorer 7 and JAWS 8: Pressing the Right Buttons

Hello to all!

I want to share with you all  an observation  or conclusion I have arrived
at concerning JAWS 8 and Internet Explorer 7.  I am currently using Windows
Xp home, and I currently have Tabbed Browsing enabled.  I have found that I
have had much better luck when I activate IE buttons with their respective
ALT keys rather than by hitting Enter or the space bar.

Adding a Favorite

If I wish to add a favorite to Internet Explorer, I have found that when I
just hit Enter to add a favorite, JAWS sometimes loses focus and actually
adds that favorite to the next folder down from the one I wished to add it
to.  It works much better if I hit ALT+A to activate the Add button.  By
doing it that way, JAWS seems to better retain the focus and add the
favorite to the correct folder.

Closing Internet Explorer

Often when I had wanted to close Internet Explorer when Internet Explorer
says "Do you wish to close all tabs?" I would just hit the space bar to
activate that button as the JAWS tutorial message instructs.  This often
locked JAWS up, and for me, the machine would just freeze.  If a sighted
person were there, they could perform mouse functions and get me back to
where I was, but when on my own, I would have to turn off my computer at
the power strip to re-boot.  I have now found out it works much better to
use ALT+T when Explorer says "Do you wish to close all tabs?"  This tends
to avoid the jaws lockups I was having.  Simply hitting the space bar or
enter rather than ALT+T seems to make JAWS go into some sort of bad routine
and lock itself up.

I hope you find these observations helpful.  I wanted to share them with
you all so you might avoid some of the problems I was having.




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