Re: firefox and Jaws
- From: "Shari Weir" <shariweir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:10:20 -0600
Hi Michael, You are right about FS needing to figure things out. Although I
don't use Window Eyes, I understand it hasn't encountered the same problem
with Amazon.
Shari
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael G." <commodore128@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: firefox and Jaws
> Hi,
>
> I'm glad people have found my little work around to work for them. I'll
> tell you how this idea occurred to me and why I think it's an issue with
the
> virtual cursor. When you're navigating the search results with your
virtual
> cursor and land on a product link, right-mouse click on the link and bring
> up the context menu. Notice that it doesn't offer you any of the typical
> items such as Open, Open in New Window, Copy Shortcut, etc. In fact, it
> appears that the virtual cursor has focus on an empty spot within the
page.
> I originally wanted to try opening the link in a new window but as you can
> see, this isn't possible. That's when I thought of maybe turning the
virtual
> cursor off and trying the links list. This issue doesn't make any sense to
> me. If the virtual cursor is able to read the darn link, why the heck
> can't it interact with it in the normal way? And why is it that only some
> links are affected while others are not? This is the first time I've ever
> encountered an issue like this. Amazon is obviously using something new
in
> the way of web page design that Jaws isn't able to handle. I have to
agree
> with some of the other comments I've read. This appears to be more an
issue
> that Freedom Scientific needs to address rather than Amazon. If Amazon
is
> beginning to use this particular type of web page design, then it's a good
> bet that other web sites will start to implement the same type of design
as
> well. Freedom Scientific will need to find how to get Jaws to work with
> these designs and hopefully soon.
>
> Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:47 AM
> Subject: Re: firefox and Jaws
>
>
> > You're welcome, but that was Michael G.'s discovery. The problem has
> > inspired some real cleverness out of our collective frustration, I
think.
> > Good for us.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tiger Mark" <mbmartin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:38 AM
> > Subject: Re: firefox and Jaws
> >
> >
> > I just tried this suggestion concerning Amazon searches, that is
> > by finding the product then turning off virtual cursor with
> > insert z, bringing up links list with insert f7, found product in
> > list and entered. Much less cumbersome than my previous
> > suggestion. Thanks for the helpful tip.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 10:09 AM
> > Subject: Re: firefox and Jaws
> >
> >
> >> If you've been following the thread, you may have seen that you
> >> don't have
> >> to stumble around with the Jaws cursor. Two options aside from
> >> the "access"
> >> site:
> >>
> >> 1. for a CD or a book, find it at borders.com and you'll wind
> >> up doing
> >> business with Amazon, as you're accustomed to, without getting
> >> stuck. Try
> >> it and see what I mean. Or
> >> 2. On your Amazon page of search results, find the items you
> >> wish to
> >> purchase in the normal way, arrowing up and down the list with
> >> virtual
> >> cursor on, then turn off the virtual cursor with Insert V,:pull
> >> down the
> >> Insert F7 links list, find the item by pressing the first
> >> letter of its name
> >> until you come to it, press Enter. Things should be okay from
> >> there. It
> >> seems to be just that search results page that's a problem.
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Tiger Mark" <mbmartin@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 6:13 AM
> >> Subject: Re: firefox and Jaws
> >>
> >>
> >> Since I don't prefer the Amazon/Access website the only other
> >> work-around that works for me is to find the product I want to
> >> link on by using the Jaws cursor, and then clicking with the
> >> left
> >> mouse button. Sometimes I I have to pass the item I want to
> >> look
> >> at by three or four products before I can see it with the Jaws
> >> cursor. This can be rather tedious but has worked every time.
> >> HTH!
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:32 PM
> >> Subject: Re: firefox and Jaws
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I don't know about other people, but I have a feeling that,
> >>> like me, they're
> >>> aware of other music retailers like Tower, Virgin, and so
> >>> forth. But at
> >>> least for some Amazon customers, we buy a lot more than just
> >>> music CDs. I
> >>> buy those, but also books as gifts for friends who can read
> >>> them and many
> >>> other items that have nothing to do with something that's only
> >>> a music
> >>> store. So there's the disappointment, at least for a customer
> >>> like me.
> >>>
> >>> that said, I'll post something helpful as a workaround next.
> >>> a
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Marsha Anderson" <marcatony@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 3:50 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: firefox and Jaws
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi
> >>> Tower records has an impressive collection of music. If
> >>> Amazon doesn't
> >>> work perhaps Tower records will.
> >>>
> >>> Marsha Anderson
> >>>
> >>>
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