Thanks Sarah and Chris, however, why is JAWS and the virtual buffer happy together when I'm in Outlook Express reading my e-mails? Is it because they're generally small documents so JAWS can cope with them? Just curious. Thanks again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 2:05 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 8 and Virtual Cursor: MayHaveFoundTriggerforBug!
> I've had that happen. it is not fun! > > SA&G > > :> 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. 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