Re: [orca-list] Links List - firefox extension

["Rich Caloggero" <rjc MIT EDU>]

Well, thank you all for the positive comments.

I'm working on a list of headings, which will also (if possible) move to 
next/previous heading.  The issue here is whether the access technology will 
properly shift focus on command. Most likely Orca will, but Jaws and 
Window-eyes and possibly NVDA may have trouble since they all use a virtual 
buffer approach.  I have to say I'm curious though, so stay tuned...

As far as building an extension, you need to have a good grasp of 
Javascript, html, xml, and XUL, and an idea of how these technologies work 
together.  See the following to get started:

Mozilla developer center has all the goodies:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Main_Page

The direct link to the main XUL tutorial is:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XUL_Tutorial

This was originally from XulPlanet, but they are phasing their documentation 
out in favor of the pages on developer.Mozilla.com. Unfortunately, I could 
not find the entire tutorial as a downloadable single-page version, which in 
my opinion is much easier to navigate and work with for a screen reader 
user. Here is the link to it on XUL Planet. Note: Just after the "contents" 
heading and the search box, there is a link which says (single document 
version). Activate this link and it'll allow you to download a zip file 
containing the entire tutorial. Unzip and open "allofit.zip" and away you 
go.
http://www.xulplanet.com/tutorials/xultu/

The Mozilla Developer Center has lots of resources on Javascript and DOM 
(document object model).

Hope this gets you started.
-- Rich



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darragh" <lists digitaldarragh com>
To: <William Walker Sun COM>; "Hammer Attila" <hammera pickup hu>
Cc: "orca-list" <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Links List - firefox extension


> Rich,
>
> I just wanted to chime in to say this is a fantastic extention and one 
> that I already find really valuable. Now, wonder if it's possible to find 
> out how to make one for forms, frames and other HTML elements from looking 
> at this.
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
>
> Darragh
> www.digitaldarragh.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org]
> > On Behalf Of Willie Walker
> > Sent: 04 June 2008 20:01
> > To: Hammer Attila
> > Cc: orca-list
> > Subject: Re: [orca-list] Links List - firefox extension
> >
> > Rich:
> >
> > Yeah - thanks for taking the plunge on this and showing folks it's not
> > all that bad to do things "in process" in Firefox, and that it can be
> > much more performant than if we tried to do it in Orca.
> >
> > I have a question for you -- so, just suppose someone wanted to write a
> > keyboard navigation extension for Firefox to do better handling of
> > caret
> > and structural navigation than we can do in Orca.  Do you have an idea
> > of how difficult/complex this might be and do you know of someone that
> > might want to do it (and get paid for it)?
> >
> > Will
> >
> > Hammer Attila wrote:
> > > Dear List!
> > >
> > > Rich, congratulation this extension!
> > > I am very happy because this function is easyest using links with
> > > Firefox and Orca.
> > > I have a little questions:
> > > How can I translate the extension message when pressing alt+shift+l
> > > combination with hungarian language? Ok and cancel button translated
> > > correctly because this buttons already translated.
> > >
> > > Later, I would like learn how can I write nicefuly accessible
> > extensions
> > > with firefox and Orca. It is difficult? Have a good documentation how
> > > can I doing nice extensions?
> > >
> > > Possible doing lists of forms elements, headers etc?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Attila
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Orca-list mailing list
> > > Orca-list gnome org
> > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Orca-list mailing list
> > Orca-list gnome org
> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca
>
> _______________________________________________
> Orca-list mailing list
> Orca-list gnome org
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca