AI Staff: Thank you for fixing the irritating repetition of button labels in Firefox. Below please find some irritations I am experiencing in the second beta. I understand that some of these may be due to my specific configuration but ... There are three irritations I have noticed still in the second beta, both using Firefox 34. They also existed in FF 33. I have noticed none of these in IE 11. In case it matters: I have auto browse mode turned off and I have Window-Eyes set to read nothing upon entering a page.
1. Upon first entering a Web site, it seems like focus is lost. Using the arrow keys to start moving down the page yields silence, even after allowing ample time for the page to load. The quick-navigation keys also do not work. After tabbing once or twice, things start to work the way one would expect. 2. On the Amazon (non-screen reader optimized) site, starting at the top of the page, using the quick-navigation key to find the next combo-box, yields the message "no combo-box." However, moving to the edit box, hitting <ENTER> and then shift-tabbing lands me in the combo-box. 3. I hear "list list list ..." and "end list end list end list ..." far too frequently when arrowing up and down Web pages. This happens on numerous sites but can be observed on the amazon site. In IE 11, when typing a URL in the CTRL-l dialog, Window-Eyes repeats itself too much. I.E. If I start typing "www.ama" the IE suggestion guesses correctly that I am typing "www.amazon.com" and Window-eyes starts to read the auto-complete text, but IE insists on putting the "/" at the end of the URL. Since I'm stubborn and insist on typing the URL myself, Window-Eyes shuts up once I type the next character. The irritation occurs once I have finished typing. I don't put the "/" at the end of my URL. Once I have stopped typing I hear "slash" about a half dozen times. I would only expect to hear it once. Another item of interest is that I can no-longer get WE to read the "TO," "FROM" and "SUBJECT" etc. headers using the Outlook hotkeys. I'm using Outlook 2010. This issue only seems to occur in messages I have received as I was just able to read those fields in this message during the composition process. I don't recall making any changes to my Outlook settings recently. I'm pretty sure I used to be able to read the headers in question at some point in the past. "using Win 7 HP 64 bit. Great job so-far. Keep it up. Richard G Applegate 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.
