Good to hear.
Neville.
On 9/01/2016 11:24 PM, Mike Rogers via Talk wrote:
I'm running Windows 7 and 9.3. I had a sighted friend make the changes in
Firefox. The mouse now works great, with latest Firefox.
Mike
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On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 07:07:04 -0500
john s via Talk <[email protected]> wrote:
Neville, I tried these steps and no go. I'm running Windows 7, 32 bit and WE
9.1. With WE running, about:config wouldn't respond. I had to exit WE and use
NVDA to accomplish the steps. But, no go.
earlier, Neville via Talk, wrote:
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.
block quote
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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