Re: [orca-list] Firefox 3 find and alt tags

["Rich Caloggero" <rjc MIT EDU>]

> For the first two of these, the only reliable indicators for
> the locations on the page are images with alt tags.  Thus, I'd like to
> use the find utility to move immediately to these alt tags. how does
> everyone else feel about this idea?

This makes good sense to me.
-- Rich

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David E. Price" <deprice cs utah edu>
To: "orca-list" <orca-list gnome org>
Cc: <deprice cs utah edu>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 12:03 PM
Subject: [orca-list] Firefox 3 find and alt tags


> Hi,
>
> I would like to raise an issue here to see whether it is worth filing an
> RFE with the Firefox developers.
>
> Are people interested in having the Firefox find utility include the
> text of Alt tags in the search space?  For implementation, I would
> suggest that there be a check box in the accessibility panel under
> Advanced Preferences that allows the user to specify that they want the
> text in alt tags searched.
>
> The reason for the request is pages like  this:
>
> http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=slc&smap=1&textField1=40.76083&textField2=-111.89028#contents
>
> On this page, there are three locations that I navigate to on a regular
> basis: forecast at a glance, detailed text forecast, and the current
> conditions. For the first two of these, the only reliable indicators for
> the locations on the page are images with alt tags.  Thus, I'd like to
> use the find utility to move immediately to these alt tags. how does
> everyone else feel about this idea?
>
> Thanks,
>
> dave
>
>
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