ya even i am faceing the same problem but in my case firefox doesnt crash but jfw responds very slowly if i press the down errow key it speaks in something like 10secs has any1 tried google crome does it support jaws its fast and can b an ulternative to firefox
On 5/20/11, DJ <[email protected]> wrote: > I was having the same problem in Firefox 4 and JAWS11 on Windows7. It > didn't matter which page I was on. Sometimes FF would crash immediately, > and sometimes it would wait 3 or 4 minutes before crashing. I finally > uninstalled Firefox 4 and went back to version 3. All is well now. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CrisMunoz54 > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 3:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Major JFW 12 problems with Firefox > > Hello list, > > > > I have been having all sorts of trouble with Firefox and the latest Jaws 12 > release. In particular the Google Reader page. I wanted to share what I'm > experiencing and see if it may just be an issue with my machine or if others > are dealing with the same problems. > > > > I have Google Reader as one of my homepages and when I launch Firefox, Jaws > always behaves as though the virtual cursor is turned off. In fact, Jaws > will say "Application Mode On". In order to get Jaws to work properly, I > have to do an insert+z keystroke command and then Jaws will say "Application > Mode off". I'll then be able to go around the page with no problems. This > particular issue only started when upgrading the Firefox 4.0 and is still > present with the latest Firefox 4.0.1 update. If while in Firefox and I go > back to my Google Reader page, either by clicking on the Reader link from > another Google site or through my saved bookmark at least 70% of the time, > the "Application Mode On" issue comes up. > > > > I have noticed a marked increase of instances of Mozilla crashing with this > latest Jaws release as well. Again, it happns most often while on the Google > Reader page and while in Firefox in general. Either when I go to the Google > Reader page, close a link that I had opened from Google Reader or simply by > just having the page open or refreshing the page with the insert+escape key > command. Upwards of 10 times a day. It would happen every now and then with > the earlier versions of Jaws 12, but it has become a constant with the > latest JFW rlease. I at first thought it was an issue with Firefox or > perhaps a rogue add-on, but I have tried disabling add-ons and plug-ins and > Firefox was still crashing left and right. When I use an older version of > Jaws (11.0) > > however, Firefox not only never crashes, but the over all responsiveness of > the browser and JFW feel over all snappier and better. With JFW 12, using > the browser had become painfully slow either through regular navigating from > page to page as well as when trying to refresh a page. Seconds would go by > before Jaws would be able to speak. Not to mention the crashing problem. > Jaws would outright crash much more frequently too. > > > > I don't experience the browser crashing issue in IE8, but the over all > sluggishness with JFW 12 is present along with using other applications. I > at first thought that I had been infected with a virus or other malware, but > with the older version of 11.0, my computer is much, much more responsive. > > > > I do however experience the "Application Mode On" issue with JFW 11.0 as > well. So maybe it's a Firefox 4.0 thing in regards to this. > > > > There are a couple of other problems, but the ones above are what are > giving me the most problems. Is anyone else experiencing any of these > problems or have any ideas on what may be causing it? > > > > Like I said, when using JFW 11.0, a lot of what I mentioned above doesn't > happen. All my antivirus and malware stuff is up to date. I was going to > shoot an email off to Freedom Scientific, but wanted to get feedback from > other Jaws users as well. This is the first time a new Jaws release has > given me this much trouble since I don't know when and want to be sure it's > perhaps not something on my end. > > > > Thanks, > > Cristobal > > > > 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/ > -- austin pinto email [email protected] alternat email [email protected] facebook www.facebook.com/austinpinto orkut www.orkut.com/austinpinto twitter www.twitter.com/austinmpinto For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
