Re: [orca-list] form field structural navigation

[Mike Pedersen <Michael Pedersen Sun COM>]

Hello rich, 
> 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?
I'd encourage you to give orca a try.  Orca has a caret controling mode
which is much more robust than the one in firefox.  I believe that you
will find that you can access the information you mentioned in a very
similar way to that which you are used to.
Mike