Re: [orca-list] Thoughts on the new table cell/row reading options?

[kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>]

hi
What do we do about layout tables? These most often come up in webpages
and don't really serve any purpose other than to make the website look
good. While I don't use windows, NVDA is supposed to have an option to
either speak these or not. What does orca currently do with them and
should we add the ability to disable them? The main problem I see with
this is, is there a definitive way to know if a table is a layout table
or is it a matter of playing catch up as website designers fail to
consider screen reader users and make funky websites?
Thanks
Kendell clark


On 11/24/2015 10:30 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> While working on separating table cell/row reading so spreadsheet could
> be configured independently from other tables, some questions came up
> and I need your input.
>
> 1. Do you need just 2 settings (spreadsheet tables vs everything else)?
>    Or do you need 3 (gui tables, document tables, and spreadsheets)?
>    These, btw, would be the permanent settings with GUI check boxes.
>
> 2. Right now we have Orca + F11 which toggles the one and only table
>    setting on the fly. Given the introduction of the new settings:
>
> 2a. Do we still need the ability to toggle on the fly, or is the main
>     use case for toggle the fact that you only had one table setting?
>
> 2b. If we do indeed still need the ability to toggle on the fly, do we
>     need just the one, existing toggle (which presumably would toggle
>     based on the active table)? Or do we need one keybinding per table
>     cell/row option?
>
> Please let me know what you think. Thanks!
> --joanie
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