Hi, Is there anything you're doing when it crashes or does it crash randomly? Does it crash on startup or at some other time? Are you using VO alone with Chrome or are you using ChromeVox?
Sorry, I just need more info to do a good job helping. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-06-14, at 12:32 AM, Maria & Joe Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. crome tends to crash on me. any suggestions? > > > Maria Chapman > [email protected] > > "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - > Mahatma Gandhi > > On 14/06/2013, at 2:01 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This sort of problem tends to happen when Web-Developers use fancier links >> that VO doesn't seem to handle well. I'm guessing that your focus on the >> link was fine since when you pressed Option-return, it started the download >> fine. I'm not convinced that Chrome or Firefox on the Mac would have >> handled it much differently. Firefox is hundreds of times better than it >> was a year ago but still has some issues so I do find it frustrating to use >> most of the time. Chrome with ChromeVox is actually quite nice, especially >> in Google Apps environments but the ChromeVox Users Guide does suggest >> pressing return on links which is actually the MacOS handling the action, >> not ChromeVox or VO. >> >> Interesting suggestion when I've not heard of very many VO users actually >> using Firefox or Chrome particularly often. >> >> Later... >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On 2013-06-13, at 9:09 PM, Kerri <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, Tim, et al. This is the message Ray made reference too which makes >>> your help much more appreciated. >>> From Philip at CNIB >>>> Hi Kerri, >>>> >>>> It is of course completely up to you if you want to use a new browser but >>>> I know we have clients using Firefox and Chrome. At this stage if you try >>>> out one of these browsers and it works for you then we may be able to >>>> isolate the problem to Safari, or your particular installation of Safari. >>>> >>>> You are using Voiceover correct? Given what you are downloading it >>>> definitely sounds like you are not hitting the actual Download link. There >>>> was a time where our JAWS users on our old site where trying to download >>>> books and ended up downloading the web page instead. It was because the >>>> focus of their screenreader was not on the actual link. Is there anything >>>> you can do to confirm that your screenreader is focused on the Download >>>> link before you select it? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Philip Springall >>> >>> On 2013-06-13, at 12:56 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> What did you press when attempting to start the download? I've found that >>>> sometimes either pressing Return or Option-return works on some sites. >>>> Return simply activates the link whereas Option-return starts to download >>>> whatever is attached to that link. >>>> >>>> I haven't used the CNIB site much as I used to find that the CNIB didn't >>>> cater much to us folks that live in the sticks, nor did they know much >>>> about the Mac. That's probably not a fair comment now but it's how things >>>> used to work years ago. Anyway, I digress. >>>> >>>> See if either of those suggestions help. >>>> >>>> Later... >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On 2013-06-13, at 12:25 PM, Kerri <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, all. I' trying to access the CNIB library in order to download >>>>> books. When I click on the download link, rather than download the book, >>>>> I have part of the website and the only assistance I received from the >>>>> BNIB was to download google chrome. 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