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

["Rich Caloggero" <rjc MIT EDU>]

> Do you have the opportunity to test your extension in Linux with Orca?

At the moment, no. I've been trying to get help with my orca installation on 
the list, but I fear I've broken something and will probably have to 
reinstall ubuntu. This is on a machine at work. I do not have linux at home 
or at my main job site. I tried to use VMWare workstation (running linux on 
windows in a virtual machine), but it was painfully slow even with a gig of 
memory in this machine.  Ugh!  I will keep trying to get orca together so I 
can test it myself, but at the moment I need to rely on others to test with 
Orca.

I agree that windows screen reader users don't need these extensions, but 
developing on windows right now is by far the most expediant   for me. Sorry 
about that.

-- Rich

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hermann" <meinelisten onlinehome de>
To: "Rich Caloggero" <rjc MIT EDU>
Cc: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 4:18 AM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Links List - firefox extension


> "Rich Caloggero" <rjc MIT EDU> writes:
> > > 1. The extension is loading slow, if there's a site with lots of
> > > links. You should think about speeding the procedure up, since you're
> > > planning to extend the tool by other elements.
> >
> > I'm not seeing this here. It loads almost instantly when I press the
> > shortcut key.  Might be the interaction between orca and firefox; I'm
> > developing and testing on windows.
> As I've stated earlier, it does not make much sense to try this
> extension under Windows, at least from my point of view. Since it is
> designed to replace Orca's navigation structure (perhaps some day), it
> should be mainly tested in Linux and FF3. If you develope this in
> Windows, I guess you also use Windows screen readers, and for obvious
> reasons all the web stuff reacts very fast. Do you have the opportunity
> to test your extension in Linux with Orca?
>
> > > 2. Why does it read all the links to me? I don't know where this behavior
> > > comes from, but I think you should prevent the tool from doing
> > > this. It's sufficient to hear the first link.
> >
> > YA, not seeing this here either.  I tried to have the first link in
> > the list automatically selected and the list focus when the list comes
> > up, but I think I blew it. I will update that soon and let ya know...
> See above.
> Hermann
>
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