Re: [orca-list] Progress bar updates speak when not focused

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

Hi Dave
I'm in full agreement on this.


On Mar 5, 2009, at 13:18, David E. Price wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to get a sense of the community's feel about this.
>
> Right now, if there is a progress bar in existence in any open  
> program, I get the update messages spoken every 10 seconds. I  
> believe that progress bar updates should only be spoken when the  
> window/dialog containing the progress bar has focus. To me, it is  
> annoying that, whenever I want to download something and continue  
> working, I get an update every 10 seconds or I have to go into the  
> Orca preferences to turn off the updates. I believe that requiring  
> the progress bar's window to have focus before any updates are  
> indicated can allow users to avoid a cluttered feedback environment.
>
> I'll file the RFE this weekend unless the rest of the community is  
> against the idea.
>
> thanks,
>
> dave
>
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