[macvoiceover] Re: frustrating problem with VO and Safari

Mark and all,
I never seem to have these problems, and I don't have my toolbar hidden, although I sure could. I do have some trouble with an occasional website - mainly the VO-cursor not staying focused in the frame I want to read, but other than that... 

        I am, however, experiencing an interesting behavior with Safari and VO.
Yesterday I installed the latest Java and security updates from Software Update, and began to notice something interesting. I have the 5-key, on my NumPad, defined as a mouse-click. My NumPad Enter key is defined as Perform Action. It used to be, until yesterday, that if I pressed NumPad Enter on a link, the link would be activated - NumPad 5 would achieve the same results. Now, though, if I press Enter on a link, VO just makes a loud "thunking" noise. NumPad 5, on the other hand, activates the links. If I'm on a checkbox, popup menu, button - some control like that, however, Enter will activate it. 

        Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed this?
For reference, I'm running 10.5.6 on a 2.16GHz MacBook, 160GB hard drive, 2GB RAM, etc. Unfortunately, the updates I installed don't show up in the Installed Updates section of Software Update, so can't tell you, exactly, what they were. 

Regards,

Ron

On Feb 17, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Randy Stegall wrote:
Yeah, those things tend to get in the way for those of us who use Voice Over. :) 

Randy
On Feb 17, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Mark Baxter wrote:
Thanks, Randy and all; I've since found it, and have hidden everything else as well, which seems to have have fixed the problem. 


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