[jawsscripts] Re: Beta of JAWS scripts to maximize Firefox usability
- From: Ângelo Miguel <ampa4374@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:46:30 -0000
> Hello!
>
> Yesterday I sent a message on this same subject, but there was no
> response.
> I need to work with the scripts listed in the subject, but most of the
> functionality can not get the results mentioned by the author.
> I installed the executable file, a version 11 of the jaws, which runs on
> windows xp.
> Do I need to install anything else?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Regards.
>
> Angelo Abrantes
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Reid" <tom.reid2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:52 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Beta of JAWS scripts to maximize Firefox
> usability
>
>
>> Hi Jamal,
>>
>> This sounds really good.
>>
>> Thanks for the tremendous work you do.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
>> Sent: 12 January 2010 22:40
>> To: blind-mozilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Beta of JAWS scripts to maximize Firefox usability
>>
>> Now available at
>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/FxMax.exe
>>
>> or as a zip archive at
>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/FxMax.zip
>>
>> I welcome feedback and suggestions for improving these Firefox scripts.
>> Below are excerpts from the documentation to give you a sense of their
>> capabilities.
>>
>> Jamal Mazrui
>> Email: jamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Twitter Screen Name: JamalMazrui
>>
>>
>> FireFox Max
>> Version 0.1
>> January 12, 2010
>> Copyright 2009 - 2010 by Jamal Mazrui
>> GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
>>
>> Introduction
>>
>> Firefox Max is a set of JAWS scripts to extend the functionality Firefox
>> 3.5, which is freely available from http://GetFirefox.com
>>
>> The scripts inherit the features of the JAWS scripts for Firefox that are
>> installed with JAWS, and then seek to maximize functionality in various
>> ways. Firefox Max is also abbreviated FxMax (Fx is the official
>> abbreviation for Firefox). The scripts make use of the Homer script
>> library
>> and Homer editor interface that I developed a few years ago in a package
>> called HomerKit, available at http://EmpowermentZone.com/kitsetup.exe
>>
>> or .zip for a manual install.
>>
>> The scripts also use code that I developed to efficiently operate
>> Thunderbird with JAWS, available at http://EmpowermentZone.com/tb_scr.exe
>>
>> or .zip for a manual install.
>>
>> A good place to discuss Firefox or the scripts is the blind-mozilla
>> mailing
>> list. You can subscribe by sending a blank message to
>> blind-mozilla-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> The scripts are available either as an executable installer at
>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/FxMax.exe
>>
>> or as a zip archive at
>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/FxMax.zip
>>
>> When running the executable installer, it is best to accept all defaults
>> after ensuring the appropriate version of JAWS is selected (Enter invokes
>> the default, Install button). Note that on some Windows versions, the
>> installer does not find the appropriate script folder if JAWS is
>> automatically launched at Windows startup, and thus, is running as a
>> local
>> service. This problem may be avoided by exiting and then relaunching
>> JAWS,
>> which is then run as a user process.
>>
>> F11 is a scripted hotkey that checks my web site for a new version of the
>> scripts and allows one to upgrade. It only works with the executable
>> installer, however, not the zip archive that is currently needed for a
>> 64-bit Windows installation. Windows Explorer/My Computer is able to
>> unzip
>> such an archive. Press Shift+F10 and check its context menu for options
>> when the archive has focus. You can get to your JAWS scripts folder by
>> choosing "Explorer my Settings" in the JAWS program group of the Windows
>> Start Menu.
>>
>> Anyone wanting to deactivate the scripts can do so as follows. Press
>> JAWSKey+J to go to the JAWS application window. Choose "Manage
>> Application Settings" from the Options pulldown menu. Press t until you
>> hear Firefox in the list of scripts. Press Spacebar to uncheck the item.
>> Press Enter to accept the change.
>>
>> Firefox Max seeks to maximize the functionality of Firefox for a JAWS
>> user,
>> exploiting features from the Firefox application, JAWS virtual mode, and
>> Internet Explorer object model. The scripts are intended to make
>> clipping,
>> combining, and saving parts of web pages as convenient as possible.
>> Usability extensions may be grouped as follows: selection, navigation,
>> querying, downloading, and miscellaneous.
>> ----------
>>
>> Selection
>>
>> As usual, Control-C copies selected text to the clipboard. If no text is
>> selected, FxMax copies the current line. Alt-C works similarly except
>> that
>> it appends to rather than replaces clipboard text. If text was already
>> on
>> the clipboard, a blank line is inserted before the appended text.
>>
>> An alternative way of selecting text uses F8 to mark the start of a
>> selection. Navigate to the end point by whatever means -- arrow keys,
>> find
>> command, etc. -- without having to hold down the Shift key. Press
>> Shift-F8 to select text from the start position. Note that text is
>> selected
>> up to, but not including, the ending cursor position.
>> ----------
>>
>> Navigation
>>
>> Control+F does a forward find in virtual mode, and Control+Shift+F does
>> a reverse find. F3 finds again in a forward direction, and Shift-F3
>> finds
>> again in reverse.
>>
>> Control-G goes to a percentage point in the document, and Alt-G repeats
>> the
>> command with the value you previously input (e.g., 50 to go to the
>> midpoint
>> of the document).
>>
>> FxMax adds some quick navigation keys. You can press W to go to the next
>> occurrence of the word at the virtual cursor position. This can be
>> useful
>> for skipping over insignificant information that precedes the main
>> content
>> of a page. In virtual mode, the title of a page appears on its first
>> line
>> (as well as in the title bar), and it usually contains keywords that
>> occur
>> in the main content of the page. Thus, you can put the cursor on one of
>> these words and press W to skip ahead. Press Alt+W instead to search for
>> the whole line of text. Press F3 to go to the next match, or Shift+F3
>> for
>> the prior one. Shift+W goes to the previous occurrence of the current
>> word.
>> You can also jump to the next occurrence of a phrase of more than one
>> word
>> by selecting it before pressing W.
>>
>> The Start Content command, 0, tries to skip navigation links and go to
>> the
>> main content of the page. It searches for a "skip navigation" type of
>> link,
>> and activates it if found. Similarly, the 9 quick navigation key
>> searches
>> for a printer-friendly version of the page, and activates it if found.
>>
>> Variations of the F9 key are used to manage bookmarks based on an "ID
>> attribute" in the HTML of a page, rather than on a line and column
>> position
>> in its rendered text, which regular bookmarks with Control+K use. F9
>> goes
>> to the next non+blank ID attribute on the page, and
>> Shift+F9 goes to the previous one. Control+F9 saves the ID at the
>> cursor as a bookmark, Control+Shift+F9 clears it, and Alt+F9 goes to it.
>> Note that this only works if the author of the HTML has used the ID
>> attribute of an element to distinguish part of the page, e.g., a
>> particular
>> table of the page.
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> Querying
>>
>> The Quote Clipboard command, Alt+Apostrophe, says the content of the
>> clipboard. Alt+Shift+Apostrophe clears it. Control+Apostrophe saves the
>> clipboard to a file, and Control+Shift+Apostrophe appends to it.
>>
>> In virtual mode, Alt+Delete says the line, column, and percentage
>> position
>> of the cursor in the document. The Yield Text command, Alt+Y, says the
>> number of characters, words, and lines contained in either all or
>> selected
>> text. The Yield Structure command, Alt+Shift+Y, is a variation that
>> reports
>> the number of links, headings, and frames in the page.
>>
>> Several hotkeys say a block of text related to the current page. The
>> block
>> is captured so that it may easily be transferred either to the clipboard
>> or
>> a file on disk.
>>
>> Alt+A says the address of the current page. Alt+N says the name of the
>> page, which is like the window title without "Mozilla Firefox" at the
>> end.
>> Alt+O outputs all text of the page. Alt+U says the url reference at the
>> current link, which indicates where Firefox would go if that link were
>> clicked. Alt+X extracts all text from that url reference, thus enabling
>> you
>> to preview a page before opening it. Alt+R says the rest of the text
>> from
>> the cursor position to the end of the virtual buffer (like a SayAll from
>> there, but without moving the cursor).
>>
>> The Page Urls command, Alt+P, says all urls of the page, starting with
>> the
>> page address and followed by the urls of all links (duplicates are
>> removed).
>> The Linked Urls command, Alt+L, says all urls of the page that is linked
>> to
>> the current one at the cursor position.
>>
>> Since the clipping capability supports web research, you may add
>> explanatory
>> notes or time stamps. Press Alt+I to input a block manually via an edit
>> box. Press Alt+Semicolon for the current time and date.
>>
>> The block of text captured by any of these commands may be used again in
>> different ways. Repeating the same hotkey twice quickly spells the
>> block.
>> Press Control+Shift+C to copy the block to the clipboard, or
>> Alt+Shift+C to append it instead. Similarly, press Control+Shift+S to
>> save the block to a file, or Alt+Shift+S to append it instead.
>> Alt+Shift+V invokes a virtual view of the block. Press Alt+Q to query
>> the block (say it again), or twice quickly to spell it.
>>
>> A variation of these queries lets you gather and append a block with a
>> single command by adding the Shift modifier key. Use Alt+Shift+Letter
>> rather than Alt+Letter to append to either the clipboard or a file, as
>> determined by a mode. This mode is set to the clipboard by default.
>> Use the Keep Append in File command, Alt+Shift+K, to change to file mode
>> instead. A standard save-file dialog prompts for the target file to be
>> used (if it does not exist, it will be created the first time you save a
>> block there). Use the Keepp Append on Clipboard command, Alt+K, to
>> return to clipboard mode.
>>
>> In clipboard mode, a blank line is inserted before an appended block.
>> In file mode, a section break sequence is used instead, consisting of a
>> line of dashes and a form feed character. This supports navigating by
>> section in a text editor (e.g., in EdSharp).
>>
>> set it to
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> Downloading
>>
>> The Download command, Alt+D, lets you get urls from the clipboard,
>> filter them by extension, and then pick one or more to download to a
>> folder that you specify. The multiple selection pick list supports
>> search keys -- Control+F, Control+Shift+F, F3, and Shift+F3 -- to search
>> forward or backward for an url in the list based on text it contains.
>> Press Spacebar to toggle the selected state of an item. After picking
>> files, you are prompted for the target folder on disk, which is the
>> default choice the next time.
>> ----------
>>
>> Miscellaneous
>>
>> Adjust some common speech parameters with key combinations involving the
>> grave accent key (at the top left of the main part of a U.S. keyboard).
>> Press JAWSKey+Grave to toggle between reading all or no punctuation.
>> All punctuation is useful when reading carefully for details, whereas no
>> punctuation is useful when reading quickly for concepts. Control+`
>> increases the speech rate by five percent, and Control+Shift+` decreases
>> it. Alt+` increases the volume by five percent, and Alt+Shift+`
>> decreases it.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------
>>
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