Re: new Jaws labeling of some active links
- From: "john r. vaughn" <jrvaughn44@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "JFWList" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:56:00 -0500
Daniel,
You will probably want to go into the Jaws help system and read the section
on using internet explorer. Below is from a post with a little bit about
mous over. I believe this mouse over feature came about in version 5 of
jaws and so it sounds like you have gone from an earlier version of jaws.
I believe you can also go to the freedomscientific web site and get some
info including an audible file on using jaws with the internet (see the
following link)
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/Surfs_Up/_Surfs_Up_Start_Here.htm
good luck
john in sunny and warm southwest florida
This is from the JFW 5.0 help documentation:
"HTML allows the author of a page to set an OnMouseOver attribute for most
HTML elements to run specified code such as JavaScript or Visual Basic
Script when the mouse pointer is moved over the HTML element. Often this is
used to momentarily display text, graphics, or links. JAWS now recognizes
the OnMouseOver attribute, and if it is set to display text or links as part
of the page, JAWS provides access to that information. Press CTRL+ENTER to
simulate moving the mouse pointer over the element at the Virtual Cursor
location. If the mouse over event caused some part of the page to change,
JAWS announces the line where the change occurred. To review the new
content, you can press J to perform the Jump To Line command. Enter the
number of the line that changed and press ENTER to move directly to that
line. You can press SHIFT+J at any time to return to your previous location
on the page."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: new Jaws labeling of some active links
> Since installing Jaws 6, Web pages have become more confusing for me than
> before, because Jaws now announces many active links on Web pages in ways
> I
> don't understand the meaning of.
>
> Can anyone explain what "on mouse over" means, and why that phrase now
> appears for many links? Also, does anyone know what it means when Jaws
> describes a line or link as clickable, sometimes alone or sometimes in
> combination with "on mouse over?"
>
> Incidentally, I have tried pressing Enter on lines announced as clickable,
> but most often, nothing happens. I think sometimes "clickable" appears
> alone on a line that doesn't announce itself as an active link, but
> sometimes it does. If this all sounds confused, it's because I'm
> confused.
> What is this new terminology and marking about?
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>
>
>
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