I believe the issue you, Christie, and you, Donald, are seeing are related to the problems I described with the JAWS scripts originally being tailored towards Firefox 2.0, but also running in the 3.0 context. Alt-tabbing away and back into Firefox should fix the problem.
Marco Christy Walker wrote: > I get that too sometimes. > I don't know a work around this issue. But what I do is simply close the > browser and start again. > hth somewhat. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donald Marang"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To:<[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:43 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox > > > >> I have several issues with Firefox 3. Sometimes, when activating on a link >> it does not seem to react. When activating a link to download a file, I >> get >> no immediate feedback, and the download manager only appears about half of >> the time. I have set the options to show the download window, not to >> close >> when finished, and to ask me for a filename. I have never been asked for >> a >> filename. When it does work, I don't know until I manually pull up the >> download manager and find it has already been downloaded. >> >> Similarly, I am having problems with browsing. When pressing Control >> Enter >> to open a tab in the background, there is no immediate feedback and it >> works >> only about half of the time. Very frustrating to finish with the current >> page, close the tab, and find out the other tab never opened! Using >> Control >> Shift Enter to open a tab in the foreground never works. >> >> By watching this list, I reckon' that I am the only one facing these >> issues. >> I love Firefox 3, and would love to be able to make it my default browser! >> I was a Computer Architect at Lockheed Martin before becoming disabled and >> evangelized about open standards. >> >> To clear up any confusion, I am running Vista, Firefox 3 and the latest >> release of JAWS 9. >> >> Don Marang >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marco Zehe"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;<[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:31 AM >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox >> >> >> >>> Hi Roopakshi, >>> >>> Roopakshi Pathania wrote: >>> >>>> Actually, the download feature of firefox is not a download manager. >>>> >>>> >>> Well, it is much more so in Firefox 3.0. it allows you to pause and >>> resume downloads, it will even be able to resume downloads that broke >>> because of network connection problems. In addition, it shows you where >>> you downloaded the file from, allows you to open the file or the >>> containing folder. >>> >>> So while it may not be the download manager with all the bells and >>> whistles of the real high-end ones, it certainly learned a lot in Firefox >>> 3. >>> >>> Marco >>> >>> >>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com >>> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >>> http://www.blind-computing.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 >> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >> http://www.blind-computing.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] >> >> >> __________ NOD32 3268 (20080715) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.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 Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.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]
