Re: [orca-list] page-jumping bummers with Firefox and Orca

["Albert Sten-Clanton" <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

Hi, Thomas.

Thanks for the suggestion.  I'm sorry to say that I still got bonked to the
top.  I had been using the control-f find command, and always had to use the
escape key to get out of finding mode.  Using the slash, I'd find what I
wanted, Orca would repeat the line twice, and I'd be back at the top.  (I
had not hit escape.) I already needed my coffee this morning, but now I need
it more.  :-)

Al 

-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
Behalf Of Thomas Ward
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 8:59 PM
To: orca-list
Subject: Re: [orca-list] page-jumping bummers with Firefox and Orca

Hi Al,

Hmmm...I'm running Firefox 16.01 with Orca 1.4.2 and it seems to be working
normally here. For example, I can press the slash key for Firefox find
command, type Repply into the search field, and press tab to land on the
Reply button in gmail However, if I press escape I go back to the top of the
page. So I think the problem is pressing escape cancels the find in Firefox.
Rather than pressing escape try tabbing to the link or arrowing up or down
to the heading you just searched for.

HTH


On 10/16/12, Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net> wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I've noticed the following problems especially since Sunday.  I'm 
> using Fedora 17, Orca 3.4.2, and Firefox 16.0.1.  (I believe Firefox 
> was updated last Thursday.)
>
> First, when I've used Firefox's find command to locate something, then 
> hit escape to read from there, I've ended up somewhere else on the Web 
> page, usually near the top.  One place where it happened 
> intermittently is
>
> <radio.macinmind.com>
>
> I follow the "recent and upcoming" link, do a find on the day whose 
> shows I want, hit escape after finding it, and find myself at the 
> beginning of the page.  The same thing happened when I tried to read 
> an article by Jeff Jacoby on
>
> <www.jewishworldreview.com>
>
> I followed the link at his name, then the on under "Archives" dated 
> october 15, did a find on a part of the article's title, hit escape, 
> arrowed down once or twice, then ended up somewhere else on the page.
>
> I apparently don't need to use the find command to have the problem.  
> On
>
> <www.factcheck.org>
>
> I started the article, also dated October 15, on the esbestos case 
> that Massachusetts senate candidate Elizabeth Warren was involved in.  
> I was reading with little problem until I came to the end of a quote 
> about How her rival, Scott Brown, "ought to be ashamed of himself" or 
> something (for his alleged falsehoods about her involvement in the 
> case).  At that point, Orca said "text" and then took me to the top of 
> the page.  I then used the Firefox find command to get back to where 
> I'd been, and once again got kicked to the top.
>
> Has anybody else had a problem like this?  Any suggestions for solving 
> it will be great, maybe reducing the number of times I must jump back 
> on our Windows box to read some of this stuff.  :-) Thanks!
>
> Al Sten-Clanton
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