Hi Kevin,
Following is a copy of a message I sent to the list a week or two ago
regarding gaining access to the screen with the mouse while using
Firefox and Thunderbird.
The first two modifications had been done previously on my system but
with no improvement. It seems the third change makes the difference.
Prior to the modifications, my W7 system suffered frequent Thunderbird
crashes but since the changes, no chrashes have been experienced.
I would like to know if anyone using W10 has tried the below
modifications and particullarly the results or lack of same.
HTH
Neville
original message:
Hi Listers,
Using: W7 HP 32 bit, latest versions of WE, Firefox and Thunderbird
Use the three steps below to make both Firefox and Thunderbird
accessible with the mouse just like they used to be. I was able to use
WE to make the necessary changes in Thunderbird but needed sighted
assistance for Firefox. For some reason WE kept loosing speech in the
case of Firefox but maybe NVDA would work.
A similar method has been around for a while but never had any success
with it but these three steps really work. In short, I was amazed with
the change in mouse accessibility the alterations made.
Hopefully, someone can come up with a method to make Chrome mouse
accessible as well.
Unfortunately it is not known for sure whether this technique will work
as well under W8 and W10 as it does under W7 32 and 64 bit. If you do
try it under W8 or W10, please inform the list of your results. i.e.
Either positive or negative.
HTH
Neville.
This is the three steps needed to fix the mouse cursor problem.
The third step is the new one. You do have to arrow down many times to
find it. A lot do seem to sound the same, so be careful you get the
correct one to change.
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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.
the following are entries to search for:
gfx.direct2d.disabled
if the boolean value is set to false, press the enter key to toggle the
value to true.
layers.acceleration.disabled
if the boolean value is set to false, press the enter key to toggle the
value to true.
layers.offmainthreadcomposition.enabled
if the boolean value is set to true, press the enter key to toggle the
value to false.
press control+w to close the configuration window.
restart Thunderbird/Firefox.
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