I saved the below message that you sent on the list a while back, so I
could check this out later, today, I went into the default.jcf file, but I
can't find that line, TextBlockLength=50, in my default.jcf file. I wanted
to lower it, because I find that sometimes, my insert+enter does not go to
text on a web site.
At 11:24 AM 11/13/99 -0500, Development Manager wrote:
>Hi,
>
>The INSERT+ENTER keystroke, by default, moves the virtual cursor to the next
>chunk of text of 50 characters or more that is not interrupted by any links.
>Its purpose, of course, is to avoid the long lists of links at the beginning
>of many web pages and bring the user to the information they actually might
>find interesting. On many of the sites we tested, the 50 character
>threshold worked very nicely but, apparently, it is too long for the CNN
>pages.
>
>If you are the sort of person who doesn't mind manually changing JAWS
>Configuration Files, you can go into the default.jcf file (using Notepad or
>some other editor) and search for the line that reads, "TextBlockLength=50"
>(leaving out the quotes). You can then change this value to something that
>better meets your needs. Lately, I have kept the setting on my personal
>machine at around 30 and it seems to work very well on my favorite sites.
>Before you edit default.jcf, you might want to make a copy of it so you can
>easily return JFW to the original settings.
>
>If you set the value too low, you will get a lot of false hits and land in
>the middle of a pile of links. Conversely, if the value is set too high,
>you will miss some of the articles you are hoping to read. A bit of trial
>and error might be required to find the value that is best for your needs.
>
>The next version of JFW will have a place in the configuration manager that
>will contain this value so you won't need to edit the .jcf directly.
>
>Thanks,
>cdh
>
>Chris Hofstader
>Development Manager
>Henter-Joyce, Inc.
>(727) 803-8000
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>Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 9:09 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Url re: the Missing marvelous keystroke "page Down" for
>moving to next screen on web
>
>
>ins+enter does not always work.
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