Hi Rick,
I'm not generally afraid to experiment. I'm a longtime Jaws user. But to
be
honest, although I'm curious to see what sorts of situations might benefit
from my using the space bar to enter forms mode, I've never felt I had a
problem related to using the Enter key for that in the first place, you
see.
So it just didn't occur to me that there was even a problem that required
a
creative solution. What was it that inspired you or Jerry to even bother
with this? And what have you determined from your experience is
advantageous
about this substitution? That's a straight question. Not being sarcastic.
Not forgetting that there are a million ways to skin a cat, do something
in
Jaws or Windows, or whatever, please understand. Just asking. Hope that
keeps the flamers down.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Harmon" <rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS 10 - Auto forms mode
From triaal and error sometimes. Don't be afraid to experiment a bit,This
isn't really documented. Enter is the official accepted way of entering
forms mode.
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS 10 - Auto forms mode
Okay, fine. But where did you learn that this could be done, is what I'm
asking. Implicitly. Like/as they say.
----- Original Message -----
From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS 10 - Auto forms mode
Try it. You'll like it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS 10 - Auto forms mode
Jerry,
through numerous versions of Jaws, I've never learned from the
documentation
or tutorials or ever heard anyone say, as you have, that you can use the
space bar to enter Forms Mode. Seriously? That's interesting. The
instruction has always been to press Enter, and I never inferred that to
be
suggesting or implying that this is like working with controls labeled
buttons, where sometimes enter will do the job but other times it's the
space bar. I thought Forms Mode was just an enter thing, end of story.
Not so, apparently?Seriously
----- Original Message -----
From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS 10 - Auto forms mode
Just something I've noticed. I usually use the space bar to go into forms
mode with older versions of Jaws. That cuts down on going where I don't
want
to.
----- Original Message -----
From: Rose Combs
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 1:42 PM
Subject: RE: JAWS 10 - Auto forms mode
If you do not like it turn it off. Personally it is something that is
very long overdue in my opinion. I like not having to press enter to
fill
in forms, it needs a bit more work, for example if one tabs to put in a
password after a user name it sometimes turns off and getting it back
again
can be a annoying but, for the most part this is a feature I like a
lot--a
feather that often in the past has made me switch to System Access when I
know I am going to be filling in forms.
Rose Combs
rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of alice dampman
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 5:41 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: JAWS 10 - Auto forms mode
I don't think I like the idea of auto forms mode at all. If I want to
fill
out something, it is so easy to hit enter to get into forms mode, there
is
no chance of typing something into an edit field unintentionally, I
always
know whether I'm in forms mode or not, and if for some reason, I'm
unsure,
all I have to do is press the key combination for the pc cursor to find
out.
I don't like my computer or its programs to do my thinking for me,
and
automatically putting me in forms mode when I may not want to be there
falls
into that category IMO.
Alice
alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Holdstock
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:37 PM
Subject: JAWS 10 - Auto forms mode
Hi, I love the new auto forms mode. However I find it annoying when
sometimes it will automatically go in to auto forms mode when you first
load
up a site. For example EBay or other sites were there is a search box or
username field, and the website is designed to put you straight to either
of
the boxes. JAWS then switches to forms mode as soon as the page has
loaded
(sometimes even whilst it's loading), and then you can't use your
navigation
quick keys to move around the page, without having to press down arrow
first
to get out of forms mode.
I'd like to have it so that JAWS wont go in to auto forms mode in
situations were the website automatically puts you in an edit field.
Anybody else have any comments on this?
Peter
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