Re: JAWS 10 - Auto forms mode
- From: "Bruce Toews" <Bruce@xxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:27:24 -0500
There's nothing wrong with giving people the option. If auto-forms mode
were being forced on anyone, then there might be a point to complaining
about it, but it's not, so in my personal opinion, there isn't.
Bruce
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:58:03 -0300, "Don Moore" <donmoore@xxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> I agree 100% with Alice! If it aint broke, don't fix it!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: alice dampman
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:40 AM
> 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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