Re: [orca-list] F123.org-sponsored work and Request for input: Braille scrolling and when to route the caret

[Luke Yelavich <themuso ubuntu com>]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 03:47:45AM EST, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> First some awesome news: F123.org is supporting work to improve Orca
> around its support for WebKitGtk content. Some of this work will happen
> in Orca; most will happen in WebKitGtk. And all of it will get us much
> closer to web-browsing and email client solutions that JustWork(tm) and
> are much more performant than what we currently have. So thank you
> Fernando Botelho and F123.org!!
>
> One of the things I am fixing on the Orca side of the equation is
> braille scrolling of WebKitGtk content, and that brings me to my request
> for input:
>
> Currently, Orca's braille scrolling is in general incomplete and
> inadequate, sometimes working and sometimes not. But when it is working
> we are automatically moving the caret. I am seriously questioning if
> this is what we want to do for the following reasons:

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I agree with your reasons, and think Braille scrolling should behave similar to how one scrolls through a 
document visually, and only moves the caret when they want to move the caret.

Luke