Digging around it looks like we added our window unload event unbinding logic in 1.2.2 - and I bet that that's what was causing the problems. We actually fixed this in the latest nightlies (only unbind in IE) so this problem should be resolved in the upcoming 1.4 release.
--John On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:02 PM, tam <soder2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > With Firefox and jQuery-1.3.2 so widely spread nowadays, I would like > to report a rather serious accessibility problem for all people that > are dependent on keyboard navigation. > > With all versions after jquery-1.2.1 (js being enabled), link focus is > lost in Firefox when you follow a link to another page and hit the > backspace key. > > You can try it for yourself, e.g. on http://jquery.com/ with the > "Plugins" link in the top menu -- once with js enabled (link focus is > lost when you come back after having followed the link, and once with > js disabled (link focus is still there after hitting the backspace > key.) > > There was no problem in that respect before version 1.2.2 and it > doesn't happen with jQuery (any version) disabled. > > Although this isn't happening in IE8 (native, on Vista32 Home Premium > SP2), IE7 (IE-Tester), and Opera 9.5.1, it doesn't seem to be solely > Firefox (i.e., browser) related, since it's working perfectly even in > the latest Firefox version (3.5.5) with the older jQuery-1.2.2 > version. > > Being no javascript specialist myself, I really hope someone among you > developers will have a look into this. > > Thank you so much for your valuable time and contributions! > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "jQuery Development" group. > To post to this group, send email to jquery-...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=.
