Re: [orca-list] Firefox 4.0 and Tabbing to Links

[jose vilmar estacio de souza <vilmar informal com br>]

Hi Steve,
I've observed the same problem in firefox 3.6 too.
I don't know if it is present in firefox 4 because I am starting to test 
now.
Thanks.
On 07/24/2010 12:03 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
> I've been using Firefox pretty regular now and am encountering a
> problem but am unsure how to describe for a bug report.  Basically,
> when I use the arrow keys to read through text and find a link or form
> element that I wish to click on, I would then tab to be sure to focus
> the desired element or link.  The problem is, most often, pressing the
> tab key will take the focus to some link way up towards the top of the
> page, if not the top of the page.  In most cases, it is not tracking
> where the arrow keys were reading.  Of course, when this happens, the
> point the arrow keys is reading is also shifted to this new location
> so basically, tabbing is causing me to lose my place on the page.
>
> So far, this is the main thing I have trouble with; most everything
> else is doing pretty good for a new beta.  I find 4.0 to be much
> better than 3.6.anything.
>
> Can anyone else reproduce my problem above?  BTW, both mutt and
> thunderbird have a list-reply function so it should be easy to reply
> to the list.
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