Here's something else you could try, it may or may not work. Go in to safari preferences and disable plug ins, this will disable flash and some sits will give you a version of the page that does not use flash. It sounds like this site has some bad design issues though. On Oct 2, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Christine Grassman wrote:
> Esther, I swear you are a Mac goddess! (grin). I have always been so > impressed with how thoroughly and comprehensively you help us all and answer > questions. Thank you so much. > Christine > On Oct 2, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Christine, >> >> I wasn't able to get anywhere with the main web site in Safari with >> VoiceOver on. Not only does the site use flash for its contents, but the >> source page view indicates that they are using a lot of javascript. I >> couldn't even click in the web page and select all to send the contents to >> TextEdit for viewing via the services menu option. >> >> What did work was doing a Google search for a separate page for Red Mango >> gift cards. I found this URL for their online card sales: >> https://redmango.myguestaccount.com/login/web_card_sale/selectcards.srv >> >> I think this is the page you can eventually get to if you manage to get past >> all the flash and javascript. Navigate to the Quantity field of the >> denomination gift card you want ($25, $50, $75, etc.), route your mouse >> cursor to your VoiceOver cursor with VO-Command-F5 and click with >> VO-Shift-Space in the text field. Then type the number of cards you want >> and press return. You'll be taken to the Billing & Shipping page, and can >> continue. I didn't try to go through the whole order placement, but this >> seemed to work with Safari and VoiceOver once you get past that main web >> page. I'd normally try to find a search field or sitemap link on the main >> page to do a search, but it didn't work in this case, so I tried Google. So >> the workaround in this case was to search for the specific web page on the >> redmango.com site that dealt with gift cards, and hope that if I found this >> that it wouldn't have the same flash problems of the main page of the site. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Oct 2, 2011, at 08:30, Christine Grassman wrote: >> >>> Hello, folks. I have tried, on my own and with sighted assistance without >>> VoiceOver on, to purchase a gift card from >>> http://www.redmangousa.com >>> >>> The site seems to be in flash, yet I can read the address bar, and the >>> links to Twitter and Facebook. When I search in Google, I see the >>> information in perfectly readable text in the search window, but when I >>> click on it, I'm back to the inaccessible site. My husband tried without >>> VoiceOver, and is getting "missing plug-in" -- but I thought Flash worked >>> without VoiceOver. >>> I tried Omniweb, and I'm getting nothing except the title of the site, and >>> a TAbs button, which is doing nothing. Any workaround for such sites is >>> appreciated. >>> Christine >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
