MessageNo, I said it took me to another link on that page. Therefore, it activated a link on that page but not the one I wanted it to activate. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: David To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 10:09 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: pop-up blocker Barbara, For the sake of clarity, you said that when you pressed enter with the shift key down it took you to somewhere on the same page. Well, it sounds like you activated a "same page link". In other words, you did activate the link and it worked perfectly well. If a link is activated then it will take you where it says, whether it's the same page, another page or a different site. David ----- Original Message ----- From: Jamie Cuthbertson To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 3:44 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: pop-up blocker Barbara, Apologies if I'm off on a tangent but, if I'm understanding your problem correctly, the difficulty you are having is when you try to go to certain sites and you then hear the pop up blocker sound? Is this correct? If this is correct, what I think is happening is that the noise is alerting you to the fact that, for whatever reason, Internet Explorer is blocking the site and is awaiting your action to tell it what you want to do. What I tend to find is that pressing Shift+Tab takes me onto the pop up message. By routing the cursor to Jaws cursor and then left clicking on it, there should then be a drop down menu of choices of what to do. For example "Run active ex control" etc. You should be able to use the up and down cursor at this stage to select the action you want and then press Enter. If this works, you will then be allowed onto the page properly. If you don't do this (or something else to clear the pop up message) you won't be properly on the page and hence all the page controls like links, buttons etc will probably not function. Sorry if I'm away off on a red herring wander. Jamie -----Original Message----- From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Wilson Sent: 09 March 2008 15:01 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: pop-up blocker Hi Jamie, David and Jonny Thanks for your suggestions. It seems strange that some sites should be blocked even with the pop-up blocker turned off. I've tried all your suggestions and they all work to varying degrees. David, when I pressed Control Enter to open a link, nothing happened. When I pressed Shift Enter a link opened but it was usually another link on the page and not the one I was trying to open. Jonny, Using the open in new window feature didn't always open either and sometimes got the blocked sound as well. Jamie, your suggestion was the most successful with links, but didn't seem to work on buttons? At least now I've got a couple of work arounds, so thanks guys. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Jamie Cuthbertson To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 7:41 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: pop-up blocker Barbara, I normally find that, when I hear the pop up blocker sound, if I press Shift+Tab I end up on the link. I then route Jaws to PC and left click on the link. This then gives the options of what you can do. Hope this helps. Jamie -----Original Message----- From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Wilson Sent: 09 March 2008 12:22 To: jaws-uk Subject: [jaws-uk] pop-up blocker Okay, this is driving me mad, can anyone help? Using JAWS 9 and Windows XP Pro. I have all pop-up blockers turned off. However, when trying to open some links, I get the pop-up being blocked noise and the link doesn't open. If I find the link with the JAWS cursor and hit the left mouse button, then it works, but it's not always possible to find the link with the JAWS cursor. So, what's going on? And how do I stop it before it drives me completely round the bend??? Thanks. Barbara