Hi, Robert. I am posting the complete instructions here to make Thunderbird
and Firefox readable with the JAWS cursor and in dialogue boxes. Previous
posts have not included all the instructions.
When using Mozilla Firefox version 4 or newer, reviewing web pages using the
JAWS Cursor is problematic. Mozilla is using a new graphical technology in
Firefox version 4 and newer which bypasses the offscreen model, (OSM). Since
JAWS For Windows depends on the OSM to allow the user to review the screen
using the JAWS Cursor, things don't work the same as with older versions of
Firefox, (such as version 3.6).
Solution:
1. Launch Mozilla Firefox.
2. Press Control-L to open a new link.
3. Type "about:config" and press Enter.
(All commands to type do not include the quotation marks)
4. If you are presented with a dialog which warns you about the dangers of
making changes, Tab to the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button and press
Enter.
5. At this point you should be out of Virtual Cursor mode and on a filter
Edit Box. If not, turn off Virtual Cursor mode by pressing JAWS Key - z.
6. In the filter Edit Box type "direct2d.disabled".
7. Press Tab to get to the list of filtered entries and you should see one
called "gfx.direct2d.disabled" with a default value of False.
8. Press Enter to toggle this value to True.
9. Press Shift-Tab to get back to the filter Edit Box and type
"layers.acceleration.disabled".
10. Press Tab to get to the list of filtered entries and you should see one
called "layers.acceleration.disabled" with a default value of False.
11. Press Enter to toggle this value to True.
12. In the filter Edit Box type "composition.enabled"
13. Press Tab to get to the list of filtered entries and you should see one
called
layers.offmainthreadcomposition.enabled with a value of true
14. Press Enter to toggle this value to False.
15. Press Control-W to close the configuration window.
16. Restart Firefox.
you should now be able to use the JAWS Cursor to review web pages while
using Mozilla Firefox version 36.0.1 and newer.
Bill White [email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Logue via Jfw" <[email protected]>
To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]>
Cc: "Robert Logue" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 5:35 PM
Subject: lost instructions to make Firefox and Thunderbird work better
withJaws
I reset Firefox and now some areas of the browser don't read as well with
Jaws 15 and 16. Would someone please re post the fantastic instructions to
edit the Firefox configuration file to make Jaws and other screen readers
work better with it? Please, also send a link to the source if it is
published.
Thanks in advance.
Bob
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