Re: [orca-list] What is all this?

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Doug,

No problem. Actually, this is pretty easy to explain.

The primary difference between Orca browse mode and Orca focus mode
depends on if you are working with a web control or not. In browse
mode Orca will give you a flat rendering of the web page and allow you
to navigate it with the cursor keys just like any other text or office
document. With focus mode that allows you to shift Orca's focus to a
specific control like a combo box, edit box, etc so you can work with
it directly. If you are filling out an edit box in a form you would
enable focus mode so the cursor keys are dealing with the text in that
edit control alone and Orca will ignore the rest of the web page
unless you move away from that control. Does that make sense?

A widget is basically a small application written in Flash,
Javascript, etc that is integrated into the web page to perform some
function such as a stock ticker, shows the day's date and time, shows
the current weather, etc. There are hundreds of these sorts of web
widgets out there, and the important thing to know is that they are
just little applications that run in your browser and are sometimes
integrated into web pages for dynamic and real time content.

HTH

On 8/19/14, Doug Smith <savant-technopath cyber-wizard com> wrote:
> Hi, guys.  I might not be the sharpest tool in the toolshed and I guess
> this proves it.  I need some stuff explained to me in detail if it is
> possible.
>
> 1. What is focus mode?
> 2. What is browse mode?
> 3. What is a widget?
> 4. Exactly what changes can I expect when orca 3.14 comes out because I
> have never used windows a day in my life and I know nothing about nvda,
> jaws, narrator nor any of those nor what kinds of things are possible on
> a windows system.
>
> When I started using computers 29 years ago this past August 12,
> actually a week ago today, I started out on Apple II computers.  I went
> from there to some work on a DEC PDP-1144 and then, from there back to a
> mix of this and Apples.  After my Apple II-gs power supply burned out, I
> got my first linux system.  I never used cp/m, dos, nor windows a day in
> my life.  Is it possible that someone can explain to me what all these
> changes are actually supposed to do and what we can expect in the next
> orca release so that I can learn about it before I am caught by surprise
> and think I have a problem.
>
> I read all this discussion and I really don't know what's going on
> around here other than that orca is going to work differently in the
> next release.
>
> I am not upset, just interested in knowing what all these things are and
> what they can do to improve the user's accessibility experience in
> Linux.  I have never used nvda, but if we are becoming a Linux version
> of nvda, what do I need to learn in order to be ready for the changes?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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