Wow! Thanks so much Dennis. This is just what I was looking for. I looked all over for troubleshooting Thunderbird and Firefox with jaws.
Sincerely. Bob Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 21, 2015, at 6:33 AM, Dennis via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > > follow these steps and yu will have the jaws curcer back again. > main region > Technical Support - Detail > Question > What can I do if little or no text is read using the JAWS Cursor in > Thunderbird and Firefox? > > Answer > On Windows Vista and Windows 7, Firefox and Thunderbird both use Direct2D > rendering by default. This prevents the JAWS cursor from detecting > information. > Fortunately it is easy to disable this rendering. You need to do it once > for each version of Firefox and Thunderbird you use on your system. To do > this you need to set two configuration variables to true: > gfx.direct2d.disabled, and layers.acceleration.disabled. > > 1. Open the Configuration Editor. In Firefox, enter about:config in the > address bar. In Thunderbird, go to the Tools menu and navigate to > Options, > Advanced, General, then Config Editor. > > 2. Once in the Configuration editor, press TAB until you are in the list of > options. > > 3. Pressing UP or DOWN ARROW will move you between options or typing the > first few letters of an option's name will move you to a specific option > in the list. In this case, type gfx and press DOWN ARROW to > gfx.direct2d.disabled. > > 4. Assuming the option is set to false, press the APPLICATIONS KEY to open > the context menu and choose Toggle. This will change the option to true. > > 5. Go through the same process for layers.acceleration.disabled. > > 6. Close the Configuration Editor and restart Firefox or Thunderbird. The > JAWS cursor should now show content. > >> On 1/20/2015 10:40 PM, john.falter via Jfw wrote: >> Hi Brad: >> With JAWS15 and Thunderbird 31.4 the pc cursor seems to work properly, but I >> get nothing from the JAWS cursor. >> >>> On 1/20/2015 9:35 PM, Brad Martin via Jfw wrote: >>> I've been running Thunderbird 24.6.0 at home for a long time now, and when >>> Thunderbird asks me to upgrade, I politely decline because of fear of the >>> unknown. Today at work, I installed Thunderbird 31.4.0, and I'm having some >>> problems. But I'm not sure if I need to turn something off to make it read >>> nicely with JAWS, or if it's just a new "feature" of Thunderbird 31. Is >>> anybody having problems navigating the new Thunderbird versions? On a side >>> note, I'm having some issues using automated batch files to compose >>> messages in Thunderbird 31, and I'm not sure if this is related to JAWS or >>> not. That is, I can't tell if text just isn't being read to me, or if it >>> really isn't there. So in short, is Thunderbird 31 funky with JAWS 15, or >>> is it me? >>> >>> Thanks, >> >> >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20150120/245e6297/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> . > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
