Did it work out? Flexible web is really a matter of thinking about how to tell JAWS where it needs to be or alternatively, what it needs to hide. While it takes a little time to set things up in the beginning, the results are well worth it in the end. I have flexible web rules now for all of my favorite websites, and they work very consistently I must say.
I forgot to add that you'll also hear a chime whenever a flexible web rule kicks in. Grant On 10/23/12, jim rawls <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Grant. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of > Grant Hardy > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 8:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] I am trying to learn flexible web. > > When you open Google you should automatically be positioned at the > search field because the focus is forced there, and JAWS respects > forced focus edit controls. So, you don't need to use flexible web to > do anything there - simply visit google.com and your cursor should be > placed on the edit field. Depending on your verbosity settings you may > hear "press ENTER for forms mode," or if auto forms mode is set to on > then you should be placed in forms mode automatically and can begin > typing. > > The search results pages are a different matter though. Search for > something on Google and move into the search results. Then create a > new flexible web rule with JAWSKey+SPACE, X. The "Create a new > customization" radio button should already be selected, so hit ENTER > to move on. You don't want to hide anything, you want to start reading > somewhere; so select the second radio button on the next page and hit > ENTER. Now it's asking where exactly you want to be placed. There > should be various options, but the search results are all in a list so > the list option will most likely do the trick. On the next screen, > "start at any list with ID = reso" should do the trick. This should be > a consistent ID for all the lists containing Google search results. So > select that option and hit ENTER to activate the finish button.. > > Now we need to save that rule. Hit JAWSKey+Space, X again to enter the > flexible web settings, and select the "Save temporary customizations > as a rule" radio button. Enter any name you want for this rule and > make sure the customization you just made is checked in the list of > customizations that will form part of this rule. Since you've only > created one, it should be the only one in the list of customizations > and it should be checked. > > There's nothing else you need to change here. You want this applied > whenever a Google search results page is loaded, and the default > option is to apply your rule to the current site. So just hit ENTER to > finish. > > Bingo, now whenever you search on Google you should automatically be > in the list of results. Give it a shot and let us know if you need > further clarification on this very cool feature. > > Grant > > On 10/23/12, jim rawls <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am confused with it. I want to have Google, my home page open to where >> I >> can type >> in the search field and them go to the link I am searching for and skip >> all >> the >> bullets and such. Is that possible, and if so, what would I choose in the >> flexible >> web options to achieve this? I am running jaws 14, windows 7 on a 64 bit >> machine. >> Jim >> >> 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/ > > > 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/
