Re: new Jaws labeling of some active links

  • From: "david the wild-thing" <d.h.whitehead@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:54:49 -0500

Hello;

is this what your looking for?


http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/Surfs_Up/_Surfs_Up_Start_Here.htm
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: new Jaws labeling of some active links


> David,
> First of all, thanks for this link.  With your help, I learned what the 
> "on
> mouse over" is about and how to access that kind of information when I 
> wish
> to.
>
> What is this "surf's up" address on the Freedom site?  Can you tell me a
> link on the Freedom home page for this area, which seems to contain
> interesting and tutorial style material?
>
> Thanks.  you're making everything groovy.  Or at least, groovier...
> Daniel
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "david the wild-thing" <d.h.whitehead@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 8:45 AM
> Subject: Re: new Jaws labeling of some active links
>
>
>> http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/surfs_up/onmouseover.htm
>> ----- 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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