Hello there. I made the changes as recommended by Angela with the GFX and layer setting to true as she suggests below. The only thing changed is the JAWS cursor now just reads the top title bar of the web page saying the name of that web page (for example BBC or whatever) and then saying the browser name 'Mozilla Firefox'. So my problem remains. I'd like to not only peruse the whole page on the screen with the JAWS cursor but also be able to then click on buttons and links on the page using the jaws cursor just like you can do with the default Internet Explorer configuration. Any further solutions please? Thx much Prateek
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Angela Delicata Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 12:47 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor not reading anything in Firefox Hi, This is also for tb. 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. Hth. Angela from Italy Il 01/04/2015 21:19, Dujari, Prateek ha scritto: > Hello gang. > I've been noticing consistently on my Win8 JFW16 PC that arrowing around web > pages using the JAWS cursor in Firefox reads nothing at all including the > many bars and such while doing so in Internet Explorer reads everything just > fine. Would you pl share a solution so the JAWs cursor reads everything on > the window in Firefox? > > Thanks much > Prateek > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > -- ZE-Light e ZE-Pro: servizi zimbra per caselle con dominio email.it, per tutti i dettagli Clicca qui http://posta.email.it/caselle-di-posta-z-email-it/?utm_campaign=email_Zimbra_102014=main_footer/f Sponsor: Caselle con tuo dominio su piattaforma Zimbra, fino a 30 GB di spazio, sincronizzazione dati e backup Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=13324&d=1-4 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
