Re: [orca-list] New Orca feature for Firefox: Navigation by object

[Daniel Dalton <d dalton iinet net au>]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:

> Hi folks.
>
> We've just checked in a new Firefox feature into Orca:  Navigation by
> object.  You can now use Orca+Left and Orca+Right to move from object to
> object.  This should come in handy for "escaping" combo boxes and lists
> in forms after making your selection without having to press Tab.  After
> all, who's to say that the next object you care about is in the Tab
> order?

Hi,
Ok haven't tried this one but seems useful.

> But wait.... There's more! <grin>
>
> Because these new commands treat each object as if it were on a line by
> itself, users who have requested this type of line navigation will
> hopefully find that this new functionality also addresses some of those
> needs.  For instance, if you press Down Arrow and land on a line of
> links, you can then press Orca+Right Arrow to move link by link if you
> want to look at each link individually.  We think (hope) that this
> combines the best of both worlds/presentation models.

It does yes. Its great for a line of links as you said. It is now very 
easy to choose a link from a line full of links.
Great work!

Btw If I want to help out with orca where are the firefox scripts?
And what should I know and what orca-specific functions are there?
(Perhaps I should  have asked this in a new thread)

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Daniel Dalton

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