[JAWSLite] Re: NY Times and jaws 10

I should have added that you should use quick keys to get around that People 
thing any way you can.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Holdeman" <sholdeman@xxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 7:16 AM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: NY Times and jaws 10


> Hi G.W. and all: Your mention of Times People clicked with me. I think it
> may be about the time of that introduction that site performance began to
> decline.
>
> I went to the info link about Times People, decided I was not interested,
> then clicked the link that said "not thanks" or "not interested" or
> something like that.
>
> I am interested to see what happens the next couple days. I'll let you 
> know.
>
> Stan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:53 PM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: NY Times and jaws 10
>
>
> Not long ago, The Times implanted something called "TimesPeople" (Their
> mashing of words, not mine.) near the top of the page. I've never
> investigated this, thinking it must be for people who like people. Also 
> they
> have something called an "intersticial ad," which must be Times talk for
> popup ad.
>
> If it seems to be taking too long to load or the links don't come through 
> as
> links, try refreshing the page with F5. Navigate with the headings or 
> other
> quick keys. When you have a story you wish to read, do a links list and
> enter on "print." That will eliminate the extraneous stuff.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stan Holdeman" <sholdeman@xxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 6:31 AM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: NY Times and jaws 10
>
>
>> Hi Emily and all: First let me say that up until a few weeks ago the NY
>> Times website was a very well-behaved site.
>>
>> Now when I go to http://www.nytimes.com/ , I have had these experiences
>> with
>> jaws 10:
>>
>> 1. Sometimes but not always it is very slow to load.
>> 2. I may get a good start with the page with everything working right.
>> Suddenly links do not work. Hit enter on a link and nothing happens.
>> Neither
>> does the links list (insert f7). The list comes up but does not respond 
>> to
>> a
>> command to open. At this point things are pretty well frozen and one has
>> to
>> close the site.
>> 3. Occasionally I get a freeze-up and computer restart is the only
>> solution.
>>
>> My work around is to get to the interior sections of the site which seem
>> to
>> work just fine. That I go straight to business or opinion or world or
>> whatever. From there every thing works pretty seamless by going direct
>> from
>> section to section.
>>
>> I think the site has changed something.
>>
>> Stan
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Emily de Rham" <rabbet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:42 PM
>> Subject: [JAWSLite] NY Times and jaws 10
>>
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I am a new JAWS (version 9) user and cannot make any headway on the
>> NY Times site. I had thought to ask for a step by step guide... I'm
>> now wondering if I'm actually encountering the problem Stan is
>> talking about. The page opens and then nothing is read and navigation
>> keys will not do anything, as if I'm somehow in the wrong cursor or
>> there is a freeze up.
>>
>> Emily
>>
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2008, at 8:24 AM, Stan Holdeman wrote:
>>
>> Hi Listers: Is anyone a regular NY Times reader using jaws 10?
>> Sometimes I am getting balky performance and sometimes a freeze-up.
>> Stan
>>
>>
>>
>>
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