Re: [orca-list] Google Chrome: Navigating Gmail is unreliable

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hey Andy.

So I think I am seeing what you are describing. To confirm: Does the 
problem go away if you launch Chrome *without* --enable-caret-browsing?

Thanks again!
--joanie

On 4/6/20 10:05, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey Andy.
>
> Thanks for the report. I'll take a look. In the meantime, some general 
> questions:
>
> 1. Does this also happen in Firefox, or just with Chrome?
> 2. If it only happens in Chrome, any idea if this is a regression? As
>     you are aware, a few were recently introduced.
> 3. Any ideas how I can reliably reproduce the problem? For instance,
>     does it always happen with one particular message?
>
> --joanie
>
> On 4/5/20 13:27, Andy Borka via orca-list wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using Orca master, Ubuntu 20.04, and Google Chrome 83.0.4100.3.
> >
> > Navigating the Gmail interface is unreliable at best. Most of the 
> > time, the results of navigating are inconsistent, so it is difficult 
> > making a bug report. However, I will do my best to give steps to 
> > reproduce.
> >
> >  1. Start Orca master.
> >  2. Start Google Chrome 83.0.4100.3 (currently unstable dev).
> >  3. Go to www.gmail.com <http://www.gmail.com> and sign in to an account.
> >  4. Press t to jump to the table of emails.
> >  5. Press ORCA+A for focus mode.
> >  6. Press all 4 arrow keys.
> >
> > Actual results: Sometimes Orca jumps out of focus mode, other times it 
> > only reads a cell such as sender, date, or subject. Other times it 
> > does nothing. The main concern here is that it is unreliable to 
> > navigate, making it difficult to send/receive email.
> >
> > Expected results: Orca should remain in focus mode when navigating the 
> > list of emails. Even if Google enabled the feature to read cell by 
> > cell, Orca should not jump out of focus mode until I tell it to leave 
> > focus mode.
> >
> >
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