Nolan, I have AVG and Google desktop installed at home, each of which has some sort of add-on for IE 8, I was just wondering if you have either of these items installed on both your IE 8 installations?
thanks. Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission [email protected] (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > -----Original Message----- > From: Chip Orange > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:37 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: Browse Mode and IE 8 > > Thanks much Nolan for the confirmation report; it had been > suggested there was something wrong with my IE 8 > installation; now I really don't think so. > > if 7.1 does not fix this, then I'll look at trying to cobble > some scripting solution. I've got my doubts though that I > could detect anything in a script, which I could use to queue > me that a new page had loaded and so browse mode should be > turned back on. If a script could detect that happening, > then I think WE would be working ok; still, I'll have a go. > > you don't need the class though in order to start learning > scripting. if you're a programmer Jamal has a very nice > "learning scripting" script, and there's a scripting wiki, > and all the scripting list archived messages, and of course > the scripting list itself. There are several example scripts > such as fruit basket, and mission impossible. > > > I have e-books on VB scripting I'd be glad to send you (write > me at [email protected] ) if you don't know VB script. > > I think there's a great opportunity here for GW to make a > complete "learning scripting" tutorial series and sell it > (like access technology institute does). > > you'd need one on VB scripting, and one on the window eyes > object model, and probably a separate one on object oriented > programming. Maybe a second one for programmers who just > want to learn VB script. > > each one could be sold separately so people could choose the > ones they need. I'm just thinking out loud because GW could > make a lot of customers happy, maybe make some money from it, > and get more people scripting, which is good for window eyes > in the long run. > > Chip > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Chip Orange > Database Administrator > Florida Public Service Commission > > [email protected] > (850) 413-6314 > > (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and > do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public > Service Commission.) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Crabb, Nolan [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:38 PM > > To: Chip Orange; [email protected] > > Subject: Browse Mode and IE 8 > > > > You mentioned in a message earlier this week with a > different subject > > line that you are having difficulty with Browse mode automatically > > coming on after a page loads under IE 8. > > > > I'm having exactly the same problem both on a Vista and on an XP > > machine. In fact, if I navigate to different links on the > > same page, I > > sometimes have to redraw the screen before WE will read the > > new data. I > > do more Control+Shift+ A and Insert Backslash key tapping under IE 8 > > than I've ever done with any application before it. Makes me > > desperately want to take that Las Vegas class on scripting. > > I might be > > able to write something that would tame the browse mode until they > > release a new one. > > > > Regards, > > > > Nolan > > > > > > > > > > Nolan Crabb > > Director of Assistive Technology > > The Ohio State University > > 2054 Drake Center, 1849 Cannon Dr., Columbus, OH 43210 > > > > Ph. (614) 735-8688 > > E-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
