Hi,
If you are reading with the virtual PC cursor, then press Insert-Z to turn
off the Virtual Cursor mode, when you turn it back on you are positioned
back on the web page where you were reading. If the screen needs to be
scrolled to update where you are on a web page when you turn off the
Virtual PC cursor, JFW will scroll the screen in IE accordingly. Be aware
that while the screen may be scrolled, the mouse pointer is not positioned
directly over the link you are focussed on as near as I can determine. You
can also use Insert-Escape to move the visual display to where you are
reading in the Virtual cursor mode.
The issue of what JFW should show visually when working in IE at different
times is somewhat complicated as I think about it. You have multiple
situations and what should be displayed visually is probably very different
in each situation. Allow me to explain:
Situation 1:
Someone who's blind working alone on the computer. Whether the screen
adjusts the display visually to what's being read with where the person is
reading with the Virtual cursor is of no importance.
Situation Two
Someone who's blind is working with someone who's sighted to understand or
explain the Virtual cursor mode. This might be someone who wants to
demonstrate how JFW handles web pages and such or a sighted trainer working
with someone who's blind. In this case JFW should proably show visually
what the Virtual cursor is reading. In the current version pre-beta) when
you reformat a web page the visual display changes to show the reformated
view.
Situation Three
Someone who's blind wants to demonstrate the web page to someone who's
sighted where the sighted person doesn't really care about how the person
who's blind is using the web page. Perhaps I'm giving a talk demonstrating
how to use the internet to a class or something and this class is not
focussed on people who are blind.
The ideal here would be for me to get the ease of navigation afforded by
the Virtual cursor but for sighted people to see all my movements reflected
in their view of the web page. I'd guess from a programming perspective
this is the most complicated thing to do. People who can see point and
click and don't use things like list of links and alike.
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