Kevin,
I'm now absolutely sure it's the web code that's causing the
problem. I've looked at that Thames Link page with Jaws 4.5, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1
and 6.2 and they all behave exactly the same.
If it's any help, I've put together a page on my web site that uses
this tab indexing technique:
http://www.tink.co.uk/xhtml/tabindex.php
If you move to the first heading on the page, you'll find an
explanation of what I've done.
Tink.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
kevin and emma
Sent: 02 July 2005 14:35
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: problem with a website
hi tink, what i'm going to try later today is removing jaws 6 altogether
and
reinstalling it. i'll then know if it's something i've changed that has
upset jfw. though i'm not sure what change could have created this
problem.
i'll report back later! smile.
kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list contact me
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tink Watson" <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: problem with a website
Kevin,
I wasn't aware that there was a difference, although it sounds very
much like there must be.
It's curious, tab indexing has been around for a long while and I'm
not sure how Jaws could be configuered to deal with it differentlyI've
got
v4.5 installed at work, so I'll see if I can figure it out next week.
I did try Sunil's suggestion of switching of page refresh, but this
didn't seem to make much difference in 6.2. Curious.
Tink.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
kevin and emma
Sent: 01 July 2005 20:59
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: problem with a website
hi tink, i take it then that there's something different in the way jfw6
handles such webpages compared to jfw4.2, as with 4.2 the page behaves as
it
should. thanks for the info by the way.
kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list contact me
on
kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tink Watson" <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 7:44 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: problem with a website
> Kevin,
>
> This is a web design issue, rather than a Jaws one.
>
> The site uses something called Tab Indexing. You can apply tab
> indexing to elements on a page, most commonly form fields and the like.
What
> this does is force the tab key to move in a very specific order, quite
> often, nothing like the natural order of the web page as you'd expect
it.
>
> This is a poor design method, used when pages have no natural or
> logical order from the outset. I'm afraid I don't believe there's
anything
> you can do to overcome this, aside frm sending a complaint to the site
> deveopers or owners.
>
> Tink.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
Of
> kevin and emma
> Sent: 01 July 2005 18:22
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] problem with a website
>
> hi all, i'm having trouble navigating:
> http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/incidents/cleared.html
>
> using jfw6.1. for some reason on the nationalrail website as a whole,
the
> "tab" key isn't taking me to the next link. on the page above for
example,
> if i go to the top of the page and press tab, jaws seems to ignore most
of
> the page and drops me in a combo box in the journey planner near the
bottom
> of the page. it seems no matter where i place myself, if it's above
> this
> journey planner, jaws skips into it. there's plenty of links on that
page,
> but jfw doesn't seem to want to know. it's only this site this happens
with.
> any ideas?
> kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list contact
me
on
> kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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