When this site loads, it uses newer styles of HTML coding. JAWS recognizes this and announces "Application mode". In this mode, it should act more like a stand-alone application rather than a webpage. I am not certain this is a benefit in this case. The designers probably just wanted to make the webpage more interactive.
Press Insert + z to toggle between modes. Using this once will allow you to access and navigate this page. Note, since it may be very interactive, if it does not seem to change anything when you activate a link or button, pressing Insert + Escape after will update the JAWS buffer. On 5/28/2012 10:03 PM, Margaret Thomas wrote: > Good Evening, > > > When I try to go to > > > www.lowes.com > > > running both JAWS 12 and 13 with IE 8 on my Windows 7 machine, the > site loads in PC cursor mode instead of virtual cursor mode. The > usual tricks of F5 and Insert-Tab to refresh the screen aren't working > and left clicking on items isn't working. Rebooting doesn't help. > There's something about internet protected mode and maybe off and 125%. > > > The site loads normally with Window-Eyes 7.5.3 and some of the links > work. I was running it when the problem started trying to submit a > query to customer service since the specifications link for an > appliance I'm interested in wouldn't work. I didn't see anything > indicating my submission had gone through and the fields still had the > data in them. I unloaded WE and loaded JAWS 13 and couldn't get the > query to go through or at least the information remained in the > fields. I finally noticed it said PC cursor. > > > Links on Google are working with JAWS and it just seems to be the > Lowes site that JAWS is having a problem with at the moment. > > The site is not loading properly with Firefox (probably 12.0.1) and > JAWS 13.JAWS > > > > I might have accidentally had caps lock turned on when the problem > started. > > Any helping in getting the site to load properly with JAWS would be > greatly appreciated. > > Margaret > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
