RE: Major problems with the latest Jaws and Firefox 4.0 and Google Reader
- From: "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 15:40:06 -0700
the same has happened on ie 8 with eariler jaws 12 also it seems to be a
intermetting issue.
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> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 15:30
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> Subject: Major problems with the latest Jaws and Firefox 4.0 and Google
> Reader
>
> Hello list,
>
>
>
> I have been having all sorts of trouble with Firefox and the latest
> Jaws 12
> release. In particular the Google Reader page. I wanted to share what
> I'm
> experiencing and see if it may just be an issue with my machine or if
> others
> are dealing with the same problems.
>
>
>
> I have Google Reader as one of my homepages and when I launch Firefox,
> Jaws
> always behaves as though the virtual cursor is turned off. In fact,
> Jaws
> will say "Application Mode On". In order to get Jaws to work properly,
> I
> have to do an insert+z keystroke command and then Jaws will say
> "Application
> Mode off". I'll then be able to go around the page with no problems.
> This
> particular issue only started when upgrading the Firefox 4.0 and is
> still
> present with the latest Firefox 4.0.1 update. If while in Firefox and I
> go
> back to my Google Reader page, either by clicking on the Reader link
> from
> another Google site or through my saved bookmark at least 70% of the
> time,
> the "Application Mode On" issue comes up.
>
>
>
> I have noticed a marked increase of instances of Mozilla crashing with
> this
> latest Jaws release as well. Again, it happns most often while on the
> Google
> Reader page and while in Firefox in general. Either when I go to the
> Google
> Reader page, close a link that I had opened from Google Reader or
> simply by
> just having the page open or refreshing the page with the insert+escape
> key
> command. Upwards of 10 times a day. It would happen every now and then
> with
> the earlier versions of Jaws 12, but it has become a constant with the
> latest JFW rlease. I at first thought it was an issue with Firefox or
> perhaps a rogue add-on, but I have tried disabling add-ons and plug-ins
> and
> Firefox was still crashing left and right. When I use an older version
> of
> Jaws (11.0)
>
> however, Firefox not only never crashes, but the over all
> responsiveness of
> the browser and JFW feel over all snappier and better. With JFW 12,
> using
> the browser had become painfully slow either through regular navigating
> from
> page to page as well as when trying to refresh a page. Seconds would go
> by
> before Jaws would be able to speak. Not to mention the crashing
> problem.
> Jaws would outright crash much more frequently too.
>
>
>
> I don't experience the browser crashing issue in IE8, but the over all
> sluggishness with JFW 12 is present along with using other
> applications. I
> at first thought that I had been infected with a virus or other
> malware, but
> with the older version of 11.0, my computer is much, much more
> responsive.
>
>
>
> I do however experience the "Application Mode On" issue with JFW 11.0
> as
> well. So maybe it's a Firefox 4.0 thing in regards to this.
>
>
>
> There are a couple of other problems, but the ones above are what are
> giving me the most problems. Is anyone else experiencing any of these
> problems or have any ideas on what may be causing it?
>
>
>
> Like I said, when using JFW 11.0, a lot of what I mentioned above
> doesn't
> happen. All my antivirus and malware stuff is up to date. I was going
> to
> shoot an email off to Freedom Scientific, but wanted to get feedback
> from
> other Jaws users as well. This is the first time a new Jaws release has
> given me this much trouble since I don't know when and want to be sure
> it's
> perhaps not something on my end.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cristobal
>
>
>
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