I have to be honest. I keep both Internet Explorer 11 and Firefox
(whatever version is current this week) on my computer. Flash stuff
works better in IE, and things with active content like Paul describes
here are more effectively managed in Firefox. I've found that when
activating little popup dialogs within web pages, Firefox is more likely
to get the memo that something has been added without having to force
the screen to redraw. It is for this reason that I have switched to
Firefox as my primary browser. But there are some sites, mostly that I
use for work, which function better with IE.
What the original post described, Facebook not reading when moving
around etc., almost sounds like what happens to me in Google Chrome. But
I do have one thought. Are you hearing JAWS say "Application Mode On"?
In Internet Explorer, and especially on older computers with older JAWS
versions, that "application mode" will make me crazy. That type of stuff
works better in Firefox for the most part.
For the record, I'm not having any trouble doing what I do on Facebook
using Firefox. As has been discussed on this list previously, tagging
people is much easier in Firefox than Internet Explorer 11, although I
think I could do it when I had IE 10.
Hope this is helpful,
Brad
On 1/9/2015 2:16 PM, Paul Martz via Jfw wrote:
I'm using JAWS 15 on Win7 with IE 11 and I have always found Facebook to be
difficult to use. In particular, tabbing into text edit fields frequently
fails to enable autoforms mode, and focus is left on another control, which
means that if I hit enter (which I would normally do in a text box to enable
autoforms mode), another control gets activated. Often, the control that
gets activated incorrectly is the button to upload a file, which means that
Internet Explorer puts me in a file open dialog. This incorrect behavior is
really quite frustrating.
I've looked at the FS documentation designed specifically for FB usage, but
I haven't found it to be helpful at all. I've also seen an article about
WAI-ARIA controls in FB, and this article was also not helpful.
I'm currently using FB primarily from an iOS device with VoiceOver. This
works really well, although the capabilities are of course rather limited
compared to the full FB site.
I'll be upgrading to JAWS 16 in a few days, and I'll post back here if I
experience a noticeable improvement.
-Paul
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