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

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Hi, Steve:

For the record I've been having exactly the problem you describe with
Firefox 3.6 forever first on Fedora 12 and now on Fedora 13.


Janina

Steve Holmes writes:
> 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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