I agree both should be an option. While selecting large blocks of text with the f8 command is helpful for selecting large blocks of text I find it a little cumbersome for working with small blocks of text. As for your point about sighted people not selecting text that way this is not true. F8 is a standard keyboard command for selecting text in a number of programs. I really like the new feature for working with large blocks of text. I would like the ability to use the shift arrow keys if I should want to do it that way to.
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Skarstad [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 7:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Selecting text on a web page I have to say I agree. I think we should be given the choice to do either method, as I can actually see times where the f8-f8 method could be useful, just not all the time ya know? let me please encourage the ai squared guys to add the standard text selection method back in. It's gotten to the point now where i have to switch to another screenreader just so I can select a few bits of text, and then switch back to WE 9. The older way really was faster for me. After all, regular sighted users don't select text in that manner. On 11/26/2014 8:42 AM, Whizza wrote: > Hi, > Trying to come to grips with the new method of selecting text on a web > page and wish I understood why this very slow and cumbersome method of > text selection has been included. What was wrong with the shift and > arrow keys? It is a standard Windows command after all and takes a > fraction of the time this F8 method takes. > I saw a message where someone said the word box in an edit box had > been missed out to make the process of navigation faster, so why > didn't the same logic apply in the text selection method. > > Cheers, > Sandra. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the > original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list > and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending > your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You > can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
