Re: mouse overs with Jaws
- From: Patrick Davis <pdavis07@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:54:27 -0500
On 3/24/09, Zaheer Sheikh <cybergeek2020@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey Renette,
>
> Actually, you are right. After pressing enter on the link nothing
> changes. I had to use Jaws curser to move to the "Disabeled Swimming"
> link, and then press the down arrow key to read the popup menu.
>
> I think that this website used web 2.0 coding, which is not accessible
> with screen readers, unless, they add Aria scripts to their website.
>
> You can go to the contact us link on the homepage. There is a form on
> this page to send "Website Feedback". Let them know that their website
> is not accessible with screen readers. I'm sure that they will fix it.
>
> On 3/24/09, Carpenter, Elizabeth <ecarpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It's even easier that having him install JAWS. Simply take his mouse
>> away from him then ask him to navigate the site by using only the TAB
>> key. He won't be able to go anywhere.
>>
>> The "onMouseOver" function, used in a lot of programming and scripting
>> languages, only works when the mouse is hovering over the object the
>> function is attached to. When one tabs to a link or button, that link
>> or button has focus, but the mouse curser could be nowhere near it.
>>
>> Can he use an "onFocus" function? When something gets focus, either by
>> tabbing OR by clicking with a mouse, the function will run.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Cher Bosch
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:58 AM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: mouse overs with Jaws
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Renette,
>>
>>
>>
>> It's not you-- a lot of those mouse-overs don't work for me either.
>> Only a minority of them do seem to work- and as the result, I get
>> excited when one does. If the site developer won't take your word that
>> mouse-overs are not cool, invite the webmaster to download a demo of
>> JAWS and try it for him or herself. Perhaps that will speak more
>> convincingly than many words.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cher
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> "Renette Bloem" <renette@xxxxxxxxxxx> 3/24/2009 3:13 AM >>>
>> Sure, but I do not then seem to find anything that has changed and that
>> is
>> suppose to change after pressing enter on the "disabled swimming" link
>> or by
>> following the insert 7 and then pressing enter on the link.
>>
>> Do you?
>>
>> What am I doing wrong then?
>>
>> Renette
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Zaheer Sheikh
>> Sent: 24 March 2009 06:14 AM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: mouse overs with Jaws
>>
>> Hey Renet,
>>
>> Just press the Enter key on the link, that works perfect. You can also
>> press Insert+F7 to open the links list Window, down arrow to the link,
>> and press enter to open it.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Zaheer Sheikh
>>
>> www.jfwcc.co.cc
>>
>> On 3/23/09, Renette Bloem <renette@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> a web programmer is going to provide a link on a able body swimming
>> website
>>> to go to disabled stuff.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> They make use of "on Mouse overs" which somehow does not always work
>> as it
>>> should when using Jaws (press: ctrl, insert enter; get text change
>>> dialogue; press j + number where the text has changed and enter).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> How can I explain to them that we prefer not "click on mouse overs",
>> but
>> a
>>> simple link where one can only use the enter key to go where one wants
>> to
>>> go?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The example website is:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://cga.sportza.co.za <http://cga.sportza.co.za/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On this one they use the "on mouse overs"; It does not always work
>> for
>> me,
>>> but maybe the problem lies with me?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Renette
>>>
>>>
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Hey,
If you're familiar with Baen publishing, their Baen's Bar forum
has the same problem with mouse-overs not responding. Mystifying, as
Baen is the most accessible ebook publisher out there, and that seems
to be the only thing negative I have to say about them. Just a
heads-up for those, like myself, who like to check out what various
sci-fi authors are talking about.
Pat
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