Re: [orca-list] Tips and tricks for Orca and Firefox

[Ted <orangegrovebear gmail com>]

I'm mostly talking about Facebook with this, but the sticky brows mode 
with the triple click causes a lot of the items on the screen to go away 
or not be easy to find, a little bit like the layout mode, so ends up 
making things more complicated. Otherwise, I would switch the sticky 
brows to be the single click option. It still goes into focus mode with 
the tab, and any new page, like from hitting enter on a link, will put 
Orca into focus mode. The new web page is where I wish that sticky mode 
would stick the most because I don't like ending up in a log-in field 
and focus mode when I'm browsing a website, like searching for a book on 
bookshare for example, until I'm ready to log in, or ending up in a 
comment field on Facebook. Sometimes, I forget Orca is going to be in 
focus mode as soon as the page loads and end up with a bunch of "h" 
characters in a field.


On 8/15/20 8:31 AM, Jeanette C. wrote:
> Aug 15 2020, Ted via orca-list has written:
>
> > The focus mode does engage during caret or structural navigation with 
> > both of those settings set to off.
> Does a tripple Orca + A not stick browse mode?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jeanette
>
> > The worst of the sites is Facebook, so it's probably their coding 
> > practices. Something triggers it and it's a constant battle when 
> > reading posts. Tabbing does trigger focus mode, but on Facebook, and 
> > sometimes Google, there are times Orca gets stuck on an element and 
> > the only way to move is to tab away, then you may or maynot be in 
> > focus mode and in a comment or edit field.
> >
> > I've also noticed that object mode with the up and down arrows 
> > triggers some popup dialogs at the bottom of the screen, moving Orca 
> > to them, on Facebook. Returning to where you were is tricky. On the 
> > other hand, layout mode won't read all the information in a line with 
> > the arrow navigation. I find myself constantly switching between 
> > layout, object, focus and brows modes when reading Facebook. It would 
> > be nice if there were a way to set focus mode to only engage manually 
> > just to cut down on a little of the battle.
> >
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