Bulletin Number: 77728 Date Posted: 10/14/2013
Product Name: JAWS Version: Any Category: Firefox Question: Is there a way to use the JAWS Cursor in Firefox? Answer: You can use the JAWS Cursor in Firefox after turning off Firefox's hardware acceleration setting. 1. In Firefox, press ALT+T to open the Tools Menu and then choose Options. 2. From the Advanced options, choose the General tab. 3. Press TAB to move to the Use Hardware Acceleration when Available checkbox. Press the SPACEBAR to clear it, then press ENTER to close the dialog box. Now for the strange garbled words. I don't know why. the language preference is set to English. , ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Spratt via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 10:51 AM Subject: RE: JAWS and Firefox frustration Mario, I rarely use the JAWS cursor with Firefox. I just tried, and I find it doesn't work on my system, either. The result is different, however. Instead of JAWS verbalizing the cursor keys, I can get it to speak only one line of any screen. Firefox remains completely navigable with the PC cursor. I recall reading somewhere, probably on this list, a technical explanation for this development with the Internet and browsers. I didn't keep the item and I lack the technological sophistication to understand it. However, it does seem that the JAWS cursor has limits. I'm using FF 28, Win7 and JAWS 15.0.7023 (not the most current release). -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mario Brusco via Jfw Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:52 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: JAWS and Firefox frustration hi Listers, I recently reinstall Firefox, which I used the Ninite installer. but now I'm unable to use the JAWSCursor to review the screen. after routing JAWS to PC, JAWS just repeats "blank" with whatever I press, cursor keys, page down/up, tab/shift+tab, etc. I'm not sure if there's a setting to enable/disable. Uninstalling/reinstalling doesn't help, the problem remains. I'm using JAWS 14 on Windows 7. _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
