Chris, I think that virtual buffer might sometimes be more apptly called the 'virtual bluffer'! It also has something to do with JAWS not coping very well with fairly large .pdf documents under normal conditions, etc. To be fair, this could rather be an MSAA thing, since this sort of issue has been going through several iterations over the years. Now, here's something that has raised its ugly head for me a few times recently, more than it did before, and more than it should. (It first happened with the introduction of the virtual buffer etc., in JFW3.31 back in summer 1999.) (Be warned: don't do the following unless you're prepared to take the consequences.) While typing a message (or reading a message with a large paragraph), accidentally or on purpose hit ctrl+down-arrow. There's a good chance that, if you do this, JAWS will be silent and nothing else will move on your machine until you ... reboot.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 8 and Virtual Cursor: May Have FoundTriggerforBug! I've looked at it even closer, and it appears that Javascript has nothing to do with this bug. I'm now thinking that the larger the web page, the more likely the bug will occur. I think what happens is that the buffer can only cope with so much before giving up. However, after a refresh, the buffer acts normally. Hope this will be fixed soon, as, I'm sure like many others, I'm getting frustrated. Just my two pence worth. ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Flor Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 8 and Virtual Cursor: May Have Found TriggerforBug! > This difficulty with Javascript not reading as normal has existed for many > versions of JAWS, if not also for other screen readers. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Hallsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:32 AM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 8 and Virtual Cursor: May Have Found Trigger > forBug! > > > Hi all, > During the past few days, I have observed more closely at the virtual > cursor > issue. It appears that pages that are javascript-based seems to trigger > the > virtual cursor "bug". Why? Well, I turned off Javascript in Firefox's > options, and JAWS seems to read web pages fine, however as soon as I turn > it > back on again the problem occurs. Just wondering if anyone else has > noticed > this too? It seems that JAWS cannot handle javascript pages as well as it > can handle non-javascript pages. Looking forward to receive any comments. > Thanks! > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
