Hi, How does one manage the options of adblock plus in Internet Explorer11 using JAWS17? It is set to block annoying ads and states that the options are on the status bar but I can not find this menu. I am using this with Windows10
On 1/3/16, Brad Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > There's been a fair amount of discussion about pages refreshing. And > while it's true that some pages do constantly refresh (and it's really > annoying because JAWS gets hung up on reading the same things over and > over again), it's important to know whether this is actually the problem > you're experiencing. It may not be. > > Yes, sometimes, especially on news websites, a refresh occurs > periodically. The page's author can set the refresh to occur every ten > seconds or thirty seconds or fifteen minutes (as is more likely the > case). At one time JAWS used to tell you "This page will refresh in 900 > seconds," but I haven't heard that in so long I don't know if that's > still a thing. But sometimes when JAWS loses its place (and its mind) > it's not because the page is refreshing--at least, not the whole page. > > Sometimes the problem you experience is the ads on a page changing, > jumping, flashing, moving, etc. In fact the ad frames in the page may be > refreshing while the regular content is not. This tends to manifest > itself in JAWS losing its place frequently, or perhaps JAWS reading the > same line several times as you arrow down an article, or skipping a > line, then going back to it. For the sighted among us, you can describe > the feeling this way: You're sitting at a desk reading a newspaper, when > somebody comes around the back of your desk and yanks the paper away > from you by an inch or two--not enough to pull the paper off the desk, > but enough to make you lose your place. So you adjust, you find your > spot again, and, whammo, somebody else comes along and shoves the paper > towards you. Again, you lose focus, so you start trying to find your > place while somebody else shoves the paper in a different direction. > > What's happening is that the ads are different sizes, they're causing > everything to shift, or they're moving. For those of us who are blind, > we may not realize that an ad has appeared that is literally obscuring > the page for our sighted friends, but I'm told it happens frequently. > They'll be reading and what they're reading gets covered up by an ad. > > I say all that to say this: I used to hate, hate, hate clicking on news > articles because of the frustration I experienced while trying to read > them, and I have a super fast computer with lots of RAM, so it's not a > problem of the computer getting bogged down. All that changed when I > installed first AdBlock, <http://www.getadblock.com>and now that AdBlock > no longer works with Firefox, I use Adblock Plus, > <http://adblockplus.org>which even has a version for IE although I've > only used the Firefox version. It has changed my experience of reading > news from all sorts of websites--TV websites, newspaper websites, online > news sites, everything. JAWS rarely loses its place because the ads > aren't jumping around the screen and bumping my page back and forth. I > stopped experiencing crashes because of the flash ads. Honestly I can't > remember the last time I encountered a page that made me feel like it > was truly refreshing or reloading. It's very rare. A nice side benefit > is I rarely have to wade through countless a frames and i frames. > > Sorry that was so long, but I hope it helps some of you, both in terms > of understanding why JAWS is behaving the way it is, and in explaining > the experience to your sighted friends. > > -- > Brad Martin > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > My Facebook page where I post online shopping coupons and deals: > facebook.com/ucoupons <http://www.facebook.com/ucoupons> > My SmarterBucks signup link <http://bit.ly/1w5FCPu> > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to [email protected] Archives located at: http://www.groups.io/g/jfw/threads Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, posts received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at [email protected]. -=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View This Message (#36236): https://groups.io/g/jfw/message/36236 Mute This Thread: https://groups.io/mt/362407?uid=21656 Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/jfw/editsub?uid=21656 Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/jfw/leave/46502/1292106160/xyzzy Group Home: https://groups.io/g/jfw Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
