Re: [orca-list] Using gnome 3 on ubuntu 12.04

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Learned something new today.  I Hadn't heard of duckduckgo.  It reminds me 
of the old google before it got all fancy.  What happens when you hit the 
screen reader users link on there?  Does Epiphany work well there?  By 
there, I mean google.  Thanks for cluing me into duckduckgo.

Alex M

 On Thu, 
23 Aug 2012, Dave Hunt wrote:

> In response to your message, I launched Epiphany Browser and googled 
> something.  Instead of hitting the "screen readers, click here..." link, I 
> just navigated as I normally would do.  I found that Orca would not read as I 
> moved with the up and down keys, until I moved to the results list with a 
> press of '2'.  From this point, I could use tab, shift+tab, structural 
> navigation, and arrow keys as one would expect.  If I have to use a Google 
> search, I always hit '2' to jump down, immediately, to the hits.  Duckduckgo 
> gives me a nicer hit list, anyway, so I've taken to using that.
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> Cheers,
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> Dave
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> On 08/23/2012 05:07 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> > Out of curiosity, what is it about the Google website that makes it a
> > difficult one to navigate accessibly with this tool versus the Orca
> > wiki page?
> >
> > On 8/23/12, Dave Hunt <ka1cey gmail com> wrote:
> > > This is clarified, thanks.  The way you said Google is a page you're
> > > working on or giving priority, or something, it left me with the
> > > impression that you were considering special code patches or fixes for
> > > sites as they get brought to your attention.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 08/23/2012 02:34 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > > On 08/23/2012 02:13 PM, Dave Hunt wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Is it a good idea to do a lot of per-web-site hacking on the code for
> > > > > Epiphany?
> > > > I'm not sure I follow you.
> > > >
> > > > But when there is a crash the crash is almost definitely not specific to
> > > > the site. Similarly, when there is something preventing caret navigation
> > > > that problem is often related to the markup used rather than the site
> > > > itself. So there's not exactly per-web-site hacking going on as much as
> > > > there is knowing that a particular problem happens to be present on at
> > > > least a given site.
> > > >
> > > > Does that answer your question? If not please elaborate.
> > > >
> > > > Take care.
> > > > --joanie
> > > >
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