Re: [orca-list] form field structural navigation

["Rich Caloggero" <rjc MIT EDU>]

I don't want to argue philosophy here.  I've not been following this thread
closely so probably missed it - how do we get the info usually supplied by
the virtual buffer.  Is Firefox carret browsing mode meant to fill in these
"gaps"? For instance, if I'm moving through a page via tab, and I land on a
link that says "click here" (ya, bad accessibility practice but I didn't
author the site), then how do I find out what the context of this phrase is?
With virtual buffer, you can just arrow around to get some idea of how that
link relates to the rest of the page.   Firefox has carret navigation and
its supposed to allow movement through the page in a similar way as the Jaws
virtual buffer, but it has been broken for some time now.  I imagine that is
one of the major fixes for ff3?

thanx in advance.
-- Rich

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hermann" <steppenwolf2 onlinehome de>
To: "Darragh Ó Héiligh" <lists digitaldarragh com>
Cc: "Mike Pedersen" <Michael Pedersen sun com>; <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:41 AM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] form field structural navigation


> Hi Darragh,
> what's the difference between your suggestion and a forms mode?
> I think the forms mode exactly does what you've suggested.
> And in general: The rejection of any concept that comes from MS and FS
> seems to me primarily ideological.
> My goal is to achieve practical accessibility, and I couldn't care less
who
> invented the wheel as long as it's perfectly round and serves its purpose.
> We must realise that we are in fact steps behind the performance of Jaws
or
> Window Eyes, which is even better in communicating with FF.
> If your are willing to discuss the matter without prejudice, I can give
you
> a lot of examples where the Windows accessibility technology is steps
> ahead.
> Hermann
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